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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ada's hair like?
(a) Long, curled, and dark.
(b) Short, blonde, and straight.
(c) Long, straight, and dark.
(d) Short, blonde, and curled.

2. After playing a game, Van tries to get Lucette to go to bed and promises to bring her something. What does he promise to bring her?
(a) Cocoa.
(b) A toy.
(c) A hand-mirror.
(d) Candy.

3. What gymnastic trick does Van help Lucette do?
(a) Do a cartwheel.
(b) Walk on her hands.
(c) Do a somersault.
(d) Balance-walk on a tree branch.

4. Who does Van challenge to a duel?
(a) A captain he accidentally bumps into leaving the train.
(b) A belhop who drops his luggage at the hotel.
(c) A duke who steps on his toes on the train.
(d) A waiter who addresses him insolently at dinner.

5. After Van returns from washing his hands, where does he find Ada?
(a) In Lucette's room, reading her a book.
(b) On a balcony, peeling an apple.
(c) In her bedroom, fast asleep.
(d) In the music room, playing the piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eric envision as the yearly fee for membership in Villa Venus?

2. Who is Van's second for the duel?

3. What restaurant do Cordula and Van order food from?

4. What was Van wearing the first time she glimpsed him, before they met?

5. What structure catches fire and wakes nearly everyone in the house?

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