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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does John visit the day he comes home from his travels?
(a) His house.
(b) A park.
(c) May's grave.
(d) A bar.

2. What does John say was an oddity in regards to his nervousness in Chapter 4?
(a) That he was less nervous than he had thought.
(b) That he was not more nervous.
(c) That it came before his doubts.
(d) That is came at all.

3. What are the items of furniture in the room where May and John visit in Chapter 4?
(a) A chair and sofa.
(b) Two blue Dresden and a chair.
(c) A table and clock.
(d) A French clock and two rosy Dresden.

4. Finish this sentence: "I haven't lived with a vain imagination, in the most besotted _________."
(a) Times.
(b) Hours.
(c) Days.
(d) Illusion.

5. What does John do after May tells him he will not suffer because of his secret?
(a) He cries.
(b) He closes his eyes.
(c) He becomes flushed.
(d) He laughs.

6. Complete this sentence: "I would _____ for you still--if I could."
(a) Try.
(b) Be.
(c) Die.
(d) Live.

7. What does John say he will profit extraordinarily little from in Chapter 5?
(a) His fortune.
(b) May's death.
(c) May's interest in him.
(d) May's fortune.

8. What does John realize his escape would have been near the end of Chapter 6?
(a) To die.
(b) To love May.
(c) To be alone.
(d) To eat.

9. What does John say were "washed like figures traced in the sea-sand?"
(a) Ideas about his secret.
(b) His love for May.
(c) May's love for him.
(d) His passion for life.

10. How often does the narrator say John would visit May's grave?
(a) Every week.
(b) Every year.
(c) Every day.
(d) Every month.

11. What does John decide to visit just before leaving in Chapter 5?
(a) A park.
(b) A bar.
(c) May's grave.
(d) May's house.

12. What possibility does John feel would be monstrous for May according to his thoughts in Chapter 4?
(a) If they had been married.
(b) If she made a mistake being his friend.
(c) If he died.
(d) If she died.

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

14. What distinction does John believe he has that is a terrible truth to him?
(a) Being ordinary.
(b) Being alone.
(c) Being common.
(d) Being rich.

15. Complete this sentence: "We've had together great __________, often great fears; but some of them have been unspoken."
(a) Imaginations.
(b) Times.
(c) Memories.
(d) Talks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John believe May did to him in order to save him according to his thoughts in Chapter 5?

2. How does the narrator describe the truth once John discovers his love for May in Chapter 6?

3. How long does John stay away during his travels?

4. What does John say had become "a strayed or stolen child to an unappeasable father" for him in Chapter 5?

5. Which of the following does John not associate with the "Beast in the Jungle" in Chapter 5?

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