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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Mary and Colin notice about Robert's appearance once they have been in the bar for some time?
(a) He looks very effeminate.
(b) He looks younger than he did in the street.
(c) He looks older than he did in the street.
(d) He looks like Colin.

2. Where do Mary and Colin travel to at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) To Robert and Caroline's apartment
(b) To the church across the river from their hotel
(c) To the beach
(d) To London

3. What continually interrupts Mary and Colin's conversation at the beach?
(a) Thoughts of Robert and Caroline
(b) Sounds of noisy teenaged boys
(c) The crash of the waves on the beach
(d) The cries of an unhappy baby

4. What does Mary spend time doing when she awakens?
(a) She reads while Colin sleeps.
(b) She studies Colin while he is sleeping.
(c) She talks with Caroline.
(d) She searches the room they are in.

5. What is notable about Caroline's demeanor when she invites Mary and Colin to dine with her and Robert?
(a) She seems as if she would rather they did not stay.
(b) She is excessively polite.
(c) She seems ambivalent about their presence in her home.
(d) She pleads for them to stay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Robert's father allow him to eat chocolate?

2. Why doesn't Robert's mother leave a glass of water in his room at night?

3. Where do Mary and Colin awaken at the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. What does the "apelike" teenage boy spend his time doing while at the beach?

5. What delights Mary the most about swimming in the ocean?

(see the answer key)

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