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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finish this sentence: "There have been days when I though you were, only of course, there have been days when we have thought almost _______."
(a) Everything.
(b) Anything.
(c) Something.
(d) Nothing.

2. Finish this sentence: "You know you told me something I've never forgotten and that again and again has made me think of you since; it was that tremendously hot day when we went to Sorrento, across the bay, for the ________".
(a) Light.
(b) Harbor.
(c) Sunset.
(d) Breeze.

3. Where does John say he has lived in regards to his life in Chapter 6?
(a) Inside out.
(b) On the top.
(c) On the bottom.
(d) Outside of it.

4. What does the narrator say the items being perused by the visitors "almost made" the house?
(a) Famous.
(b) Spoiled.
(c) Haunted.
(d) Magnificent.

5. Where does John sit after leaving May's house at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) On a stool.
(b) On a bench.
(c) On the ground.
(d) In a chair,

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John say May cannot simply be a mere confidant in Chapter 2?

2. What does John say had only been smothered, but still throbbed and could bleed?

3. What does John say were "washed like figures traced in the sea-sand?"

4. How many years does May say it has been since her first meeting with the narrator?

5. What does the narrator say the guests who "took such matters with the last seriousness" give themselves up to in Chapter 1?

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