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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the young wife compare her husband stripping her to?
(a) Shelling a pea
(b) Cracking a nut
(c) Stripping the leaves of an artichoke
(d) Plucking a chicken

2. What companion does the young wife say she sleeps with?
(a) The bats, the owl and the stars
(b) The company of loneliness
(c) A glass of water and a fried egg sandwich
(d) A dark newborn curiosity

3. What does the husband hesitate over?
(a) Answering the phone
(b) A joke
(c) Leaving his wife
(d) A key

4. What does the young wife do the moment the house keeper leaves the room?
(a) Kicks her piano
(b) Cries
(c) Giggles
(d) Claps

5. What does the young wife hear outside the room?
(a) The flick of a light switch
(b) A crash of a dropped stick
(c) A knock on the door
(d) A low cackle

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the young wife miss?

2. What instrument does the young wife like to play?

3. What does the young wife decide the house needs?

4. What does the young wife have for breakfast?

5. What does the young wife remember as she lies in her new bedroom?

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