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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. What member of Lily's family does she say possessed a power over snails?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Her father,
(d) Her mother.

2. Who helps Tamar clean up her mother's filthy apartment?
(a) Duncan and Jean.
(b) Father McAlister.
(c) Gideon and Pat.
(d) Gerard and Rose.

3. What does Gerard tell Rose he has decided to write?
(a) A biography.
(b) A novel.
(c) A critique.
(d) A film.

4. What does Crimond propose to Rose?
(a) A holiday.
(b) A job.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Marriage.

5. Who rescues Jean?
(a) Duncan.
(b) Jenkin.
(c) Rose.
(d) Gerard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lily think snails have the ability to do?

2. What does Tamar say she feels responsible for doing?

3. What does Gerard find under his train seat?

4. What city does Gulliver decide to catch a train to?

5. What problem do Rose and Gerard try to solve?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Rose and Gerard think about past events?

2. How has Christianity helped Tamar?

3. Why does Rose refuse to marry Crimond?

4. What are Jean and Duncan keeping from each other?

5. What does Lily confide in Rose about snails?

6. Why does Tamar decide to reconcile with her mother?

7. Why is Jean happy Duncan has been unfaithful to her?

8. What do Gerard and Rose say about Crimond's book?

9. Why does Gerard vow to take care of Rose?

10. In what way is Jean and Duncan's marriage doomed?

(see the answer keys)

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