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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chaps. 15-28, pp.114-158.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the summer, why is Jaromil alone?
(a) Maman is rarely home.
(b) He has alienated all his friends.
(c) His grandma died and the house is nearly empty.
(d) The university girl left town.

2. What night does Magda take her bath?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Wednesday.

3. How do Jaromil and Maman reach the lake resort?
(a) By train.
(b) By train and buggy.
(c) By walking.
(d) By car.

4. What is unusual about Xavier's presence at the blond girl's funeral?
(a) He knows nearly half of the other mourners.
(b) He attended the funeral although he did not truly love her.
(c) He is not at all sad that she died.
(d) He is the only one who knows what caused her death.

5. What was the dramatic action that led to the kiss between Jaromil and the university girl?
(a) Jaromil falling off the porch steps.
(b) The girl dropping her briefcase.
(c) Running from the police.
(d) The police light flashing through the trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Xavier know that there will be no executions the day he hears shots fired?

2. What pleased the artist the most about Jaromil's drawings?

3. In confiding to Jaromil, what does Maman say is her greatest love?

4. What does Jaromil write in his diary about the night he was supposed to lose his virginity?

5. When do Jaromil's parents redecorate his room?

(see the answer key)

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