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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nicholas' favorite spot on the island is also one that is which of the following?

2. What does Nicholas do instead of visiting the villa?

3. Where do Alison and Nicholas go after they leave the airport?

4. How does Nicholas respond when Alison indicates her desire to have sex with Nicholas?

5. What did Nicholas ask Conchis if he would agree to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nicholas see when he goes downstairs himself after Conchis heads upstairs?

2. What discovery did Conchis describe in relation to Lily and where did he believe those feelings came from?

3. What does Nicholas receive from Maria and what is contained in what he receives?

4. What resolution does Nicholas come to about Conchis and privacy as well as Conchis and Alison?

5. What had changed in the room Nicholas was using when he stayed at Conchis' villa and how was it different?

6. What information does Conchis volunteer to Nicholas?

7. What happens to Nicholas when he accompanies Demetriades and what does he do about this?

8. What does Nicholas consider when he realizes that he is a very bad poet and what actually happens?

9. What four events does Conchis share with Nicholas as he begins the story of his life?

10. How does Nicholas feel about the boys and his colleagues at the school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you believe Nicholas' actions brought Conchis' game to a predestined conclusion? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the theme of NIcholas' transformation from the beginning of the novel through the end? Would you describe him at the end as being as selfish, overly indulgent and lazy as he was at the beginning?

Essay Topic 3

What does the author intend to be the biggest shock to Nicholas in this novel? What does the author intend to be the biggest shock to the reader in this novel? Why do you think so?

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