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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sudden change in Virginia has occurred?
(a) Her hands look arthritic.
(b) Her hair is quickly going white.
(c) She is no longer beautiful.
(d) She seems too happy.

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

3. Which character does Virginia wish to avoid?
(a) Vanessa.
(b) Clarissa.
(c) Leonard.
(d) Nelly.

4. What information does Nelly give Virginia?
(a) That she is making a lamb pie for lunch.
(b) That she will resign.
(c) That she needs to go up to London.
(d) That she is making shepherd's pie for lunch.

5. What crisis looms before tea?
(a) The failure of the cake.
(b) Squabbles about the meaning of life.
(c) The crisis over the dying thrush.
(d) The later arrival of the sugared ginger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of the word 'obfuscation'?

2. How does Virginia get along with her neighbors?

3. How does Virginia feel around servants?

4. Vanessa resembles a sculpture of which period, according to Virginia?

5. What language did Virginia hear sparrows using?

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