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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has appeared in the window-box of the woman next door?
(a) A dandelion.
(b) A single gerbera.
(c) Petunias.
(d) A rose.

2. What can Virginia feel inside herself?
(a) A black, evil soul.
(b) A cancer growing aggressively.
(c) Hunger--both to eat and to write.
(d) A parallel, purer self--like a soul.

3. What is Laura doing with the blue bowl?
(a) Beating butter and sugar in it.
(b) Admiring it.
(c) Washing it up.
(d) Sifting flour into it.

4. Why is she 'allowed' to be self-indulgent at the moment?
(a) She has just finished a diet.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is hoping she is pregnant.
(d) Her husband has just confirmed how much he loves her.

5. What does Virginia fear?
(a) Relapse.
(b) Pain.
(c) Jellyfish.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the neighbors' garage made of?

2. What does Virginia imagine appearing as a jellyfish?

3. Who dozes on a slatted bench?

4. What does 'the new world--the rescued world' refer to?

5. To what is Laura's love for Richie compared?

(see the answer key)

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