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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What department does Van study in at Kingston University, Mayne, in the Fall of 1892?
(a) Department of Terrapy.
(b) Department of New Terrapists.
(c) Art Terrapy Department.
(d) Terraputic Development Department.

2. What are the "three C's" Lucette says were talked about at Ada's house?
(a) Comedy, Coleridge, and cabbage.
(b) Cactuses, cattle, and cooking.
(c) Children, country, and complaints.
(d) Cubism, communism, and cabaret.

3. What occurs as Van enters the hotel to meet Ada?
(a) He trips over a suitcase.
(b) He runs into a door.
(c) He is hit by a ball.
(d) He runs into a small child.

4. What causes Eberthella Brown to spill her coffee?
(a) A ringing phone.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A rude joke.
(d) A caterpillar.

5. Who does Van write a letter to, to be sent in case he is killed in the duel?
(a) His father.
(b) Ada.
(c) Lucette.
(d) Marina.

6. What is done with Marina's body after she dies?
(a) It is buried at Ardis Hall.
(b) It is buried next to her husband.
(c) It is cremated.
(d) It is donated to science.

7. How does Lucette say she feels when she runs into Van?
(a) Annoyed but grateful.
(b) Happy and sad.
(c) Relieved and guilty.
(d) Angry and bitter.

8. What is Cordula doing when Van runs into her?
(a) Coddling a baby.
(b) Carrying groceries.
(c) Buying flowers.
(d) Talking to dogs.

9. What does Van tell Lucette when she calls to ask to come to his room?
(a) That he's not alone.
(b) That he's going out.
(c) That he doesn't want to see her.
(d) That he's going to sleep.

10. Who is Van's second for the duel?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Karl.
(c) Benjamin.
(d) Paulo.

11. Why have the Robinsons given Lucette some medicine?
(a) She has an earache.
(b) She is sea-sick.
(c) She has insomnia.
(d) She has a migrane.

12. What does Van say it's wrong to confuse time with?
(a) Memory.
(b) Illusion.
(c) Being.
(d) Space.

13. What does the newspaper Van's father is reading at the airport say?
(a) Romania Reconsiders.
(b) Dominica Dominates.
(c) Cyprus Compromises.
(d) Crimea Capitulates.

14. What color is Van's terrycloth robe?
(a) Blue.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

15. How does Van feel about Ada when he first sees her after her husband's death?
(a) He is depressed with her lack of changes.
(b) He is frightened yet tantalized by her.
(c) He is excited and can't wait to get her alone.
(d) He is put off by the physical changes in her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Gromwell?

2. What does Van see in Lucette's handbag?

3. In the central photograph on a page of small images, what is the only part of Ada that's visible?

4. What does Van invite Lucette to do?

5. Where does Van spend his free time while he is staying at Cordula's?

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