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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is disturbing Laura?
(a) She is experiencing a strange fear that her pregnancy will go wrong.
(b) She is experiencing a sudden aversion to her husband and child.
(c) She's experiencing an upset stomach and feels embarrassed.
(d) She's experiencing a dreamlike feeling that she cannot shake.

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

3. What species of bird is mentioned as this chapter draws to a close?
(a) Herons.
(b) Nightjars.
(c) Robins.
(d) Rooks.

4. When did Vanessa last visit?
(a) The previous day.
(b) More than a week ago.
(c) More than two weeks ago.
(d) A week ago.

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

6. What does Leonard intend to do when he goes upstairs?
(a) To have an afternoon nap.
(b) To read letters.
(c) To listen to the news on the radio.
(d) To sit and wait for Virginia.

7. What is perverse about Richard's good fortune?
(a) It has come just when he is no longer interested in fame.
(b) He has won a major literary prize, but his health is in serious decline.
(c) He has won a major literary prize but he'll need all the money to pay off debts.
(d) He has the money to buy a new apartment but mightn't live to get to move into it.

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

9. How does Virginia describe Ralph?
(a) As daring.
(b) As handsome but amoral.
(c) As a handsome ditherer.
(d) As handsome and callow.

10. What annoys Leonard?
(a) Ralph's poetry.
(b) Virginia's not finishing her writing.
(c) The errors he finds on the proof pages.
(d) Barbara's voice.

11. What color does not look well on Sally?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Pink.
(c) White.
(d) Green.

12. Where is Clarissa when Willie Bass sees her?
(a) On the corner of Eighth Avenue and King Boulevarde.
(b) On the corner of Eighth Street and Fifth Avenue.
(c) On the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 90th Street.
(d) On the corner of Eighth Street and Park Avenue

13. What is the problem with the faces of George Washington?
(a) One is missing its nose and the other is eroded.
(b) They have been destroyed by weather.
(c) They don't quite match.
(d) They have inappropriate expressions.

14. Why does Laura tell Richie he is a smart boy?
(a) He can fetch things from the cupboard.
(b) He can count to four.
(c) He can sift flour.
(d) He can count to twenty.

15. In her suicide note, what impression does Virginia give of her marriage?
(a) That it was happy and loving.
(b) That it could never have worked.
(c) That it was too confronting.
(d) That it was a sham.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is she 'allowed' to be self-indulgent at the moment?

2. What is Virginia doing as she muses?

3. How many words has Virginia written in this session?

4. What does writing, when inspired, give to Virginia?

5. What does Virginia imagine appearing as a jellyfish?

(see the answer keys)

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