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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. Why does the blond girl wear a beautiful white dress to the dance hall?
(a) It is her wedding dress.
(b) She wants Xavier to notice her.
(c) She wants to attract attention from the boys around her.
(d) She wants to personify the snow.

2. Why does Maman welcome her pregnancy?
(a) She sees it as the final step of independence from her parents.
(b) She sees the family as a trio filling the universe.
(c) She has always wanted to be a mother.
(d) She thinks perhaps her husband will truly love her.

3. Who or what is the real source of Jaromil's poetic inspiration?
(a) The children's books his mother read.
(b) His father's influence.
(c) His grandpa.
(d) His talent.

4. What does Maman do with the books that the artist loans her?
(a) Reads them secretly for fear that Jaromil will recognize them.
(b) Does not read them.
(c) Asks Jaromil to read them so she doesn't have to.
(d) Reads them openly as a sign of her new love.

5. The second time that Jaromil does not make love to the university girl, what does she think?
(a) He wants to break up with her.
(b) He is secretly gay.
(c) He does not love her.
(d) There is something wrong with his body.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the dramatic action that led to the kiss between Jaromil and the university girl?

2. Why do Jaromil's drawings favor dogs?

3. What does the theme of the long poem reveal about Jaromil's thoughts?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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