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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When she has to choose, what does Laura do?
(a) She drives to Pasadena.
(b) She drives into Los Angeles.
(c) She drives along the Pasadena Freeway.
(d) She heads off back the way she came.

2. How early are Vanessa and the children for their expected visit?
(a) Half an hour.
(b) Four hours.
(c) About an hour and a half.
(d) Two and a half hours.

3. What literary device is used in the phrase 'it runs like veins of brilliant metal'?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Metalanguage.
(c) Simile.
(d) Semantic.

4. How does Virginia get along with her neighbors?
(a) She doesn't. She doesn't know them.
(b) They are good friends and look out for each other.
(c) She can't stand them because they never paint their shutters.
(d) Sometimes they clash, but on the whole they get on well.

5. Where is this chapter set?
(a) Richmond-on-Thames, 1941.
(b) New York in 1994.
(c) A london suburb in 1941.
(d) A London suburb in the year 1923.

Short Answer Questions

1. What annoys Leonard?

2. What does Leonard worship above all else?

3. What does Virginia fear?

4. What is Virginia's reaction as Vanessa takes her hand?

5. Where is Leonard when Virginia goes to talk to him?

(see the answer key)

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