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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What article does Uncle Dan try to read?
(a) An article in Africaans about spice farming.
(b) An article in Greek about tennis.
(c) An article in Dutch about oystering.
(d) An article in Portuguese about sunflowers.

2. Who is at home when Van first arrives at Ardis Hall?
(a) Only servants.
(b) Only animals.
(c) His father.
(d) His aunt.

3. What is the "lolita" that Ada wears?
(a) A skirt.
(b) A shawl.
(c) A shirt.
(d) A hat.

4. What gift does Dan give Ada for her birthday?
(a) Monogramed handkerchiefs.
(b) A book.
(c) A box of mints.
(d) A bracelet.

5. When Van meets Ada in the forest fork, what is she wearing?
(a) A yellow tennis outfit.
(b) A robe and slippers.
(c) Shorts and a blue shirt.
(d) A long white formal dress.

6. How long do Van and Ada give Lucette to memorize eight lines of poetry?
(a) Ninety minutes.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Twenty minutes.
(d) An hour.

7. What does Blanche tell Van?
(a) That Lucette is planning to run away with him.
(b) That the governess knows of Van and Ada's affair.
(c) That Marina is having an affair with Pedro.
(d) That Ada has slept with someone else.

8. What is Marina, Demon, and Daniel's shared birthday?
(a) March 7.
(b) April 2.
(c) Feburary 12.
(d) January 5.

9. How does Van act toward Ada in Chapter 32?
(a) Apathetic.
(b) Repelled.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Overly affectionate.

10. At the table at Ardis Hall, who does Lucette sit between?
(a) Marina and the governess.
(b) Ada and Van.
(c) Van and Marina.
(d) Ada and the governess.

11. What happens to the weather during Demon's dinner with Marina, Van, and Ada?
(a) A violent windstorm errupts.
(b) It begins to thunder and lightning.
(c) It begins to snow.
(d) It begins to hail.

12. What was Van wearing the first time she glimpsed him, before they met?
(a) A black formal suit, hat, and gloves.
(b) A white sailor suit and blue cap.
(c) A bathing suit and green towel.
(d) A gray shirt and shorts.

13. What game did Van win in a match against Pat Rishin at Chose in 1887?
(a) Go.
(b) Chess.
(c) Mah-jong.
(d) Cribbage.

14. What activity does Marina do out on the lawn?
(a) Cooks breakfast.
(b) Sorts her library books.
(c) Has her hair styled.
(d) Tries on and chooses new shoes.

15. When Van takes a walk after first arriving at Ardis Hall, who does he run into?
(a) Dark Veen.
(b) His aunt and his father.
(c) His two cousins, Ada and Lucette.
(d) His former governess and his cousin Lucette.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over the thirteen years preceding Aqua's death, how much does Van calculate that he's spent with her?

2. Where is Van and Ada's first sexual encounter?

3. Who walks in on Ada and Van making love?

4. Where do Ada and Van lock up Lucette, ostensibly playing hide and seek, so that they can be alone?

5. Who made up the games that Ana describes in Chapter 8?

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