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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does May do when John places his hand on the arm of her chair in Chapter 5?
(a) Puts her hand on his.
(b) Kisses it.
(c) Pushes it away.
(d) Holds it.

2. What does John say he is afraid he has spent his whole life thinking of in Chapter 4?
(a) Bad thoughts.
(b) Other people.
(c) Only himself.
(d) Dreadful things.

3. What did May "talk of" that John found "deepened the strangeness to see her" in Chapter 4?
(a) Love.
(b) Horrors.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Vulgarity.

4. Complete this sentence: "I believe you; but I can't begin to _______ I understand."
(a) Mean.
(b) Pretend.
(c) Feel.
(d) Make.

5. How many years does May say it has been since her first meeting with the narrator?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the house John is visiting in Chapter 1?

2. What does the narrator say began for John "in a thick cluster" and at the time when "the unexpected died out?"

3. What does May tell John is not repaid as time goes on in Chapter 2?

4. What two words are used to describe the light in May's eyes in Chapter 4?

5. Finish this sentence: "If you're glad of what it's not it might then have been _____."

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