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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

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) Anything.
(b) Everything.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Something.

2. What does May say was the "incident" that caused her to "seek refuge" when she had met the narrator for the first time?
(a) A thunderstorm.
(b) A monsoon.
(c) A tornado.
(d) A sandstorm.

3. What does the narrator say was the character of the only things that passed between May and John at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Notes and notations.
(b) Recalls and results.
(c) Jibber and Jabber.
(d) Facts and answers.

4. What does say he is John after May says she is impressed with his new attitude near the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Heroic.
(c) Brilliant.
(d) Stupid.

5. Complete this sentence: "God knows I don't want anything. It's only a question of the __________ that haunts me."
(a) Act.
(b) Apprehension.
(c) Day.
(d) Nervousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "excavation" does May say she and the narrator took "refuge" in when they first met?

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

3. After May reveals her illness to John, he says he felt the shadow of a change and the chill of a what?

4. What does the narrator describe as "so numerous that guests could wander at their will?"

5. What does John say he had no sense of when time and fate acted on him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does May say about dull women on her birthday in Chapter 2?

2. How does John describe May when she rises from her chair in Chapter 4?

3. How does John describe the events that led to May receiving property from a deceased relative in Chapter 2?

4. What does the narrator say the guests of the luncheon do after they have finished eating near the beginning of Chapter 1?

5. How does John describe his and May's treatment of the subject of his secret in Chapter 3?

6. How does John respond when May claims that her belief of his secret is only an idea in Chapter 4?

7. What is the nature of May and John's outings in London as described in Chapter 2?

8. How does May respond when John asks her what was the very worst that could happen to him that day at the beginning of Chapter 4?

9. How is the setting of John and May's conversation in the house after the luncheon described in Chapter 1?

10. What type of things does the narrator describe May does with the guests of the luncheon in Chapter 1?

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