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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened after the main character sent a note about needing his mother?
(a) His father whipped him.
(b) His nightmares came back.
(c) His mother spent the night in his room.
(d) His sister made fun of him.

2. What calmed the main character's nighttime fears as a child?
(a) His mother's kisses.
(b) A dim candle.
(c) A special song.
(d) The sound of wind.

3. What caused Swann to stop coming by the main character's house?
(a) His trickery.
(b) His choice of wife.
(c) His treatment of the main character.
(d) His lost fortune.

4. What season did the main character's family take vacations?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Fall.
(d) Summer.

5. Why did the main character hate to sleep when he was a child?
(a) He had bad dreams.
(b) He didn't like the dark.
(c) He missed his mother.
(d) He felt like it wasted time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of surroundings were near the vacation home of the main character?

2. What did the main character eat with his mother at the beginning of the book?

3. What was the main character obessed with?

4. What did the meal with the main character's mother at the beginning of the book make him think of?

5. Which family member incited the most fear in the main character when he was a boy?

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