The Comfort of Strangers Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Chapter 1

1. Which of the following describes the tone of the first chapter of this novel?

2. How long have Colin and Mary been together?

3. Which of the following describes Mary and Colin's relationship at the opening of the novel?

4. What event becomes a part of each of Mary and Colin's days while on vacation?

5. What do Mary and Colin discover after they make love one evening?

6. Why do Mary and Colin leave their hotel room after making love?

7. Where are Mary and Colin vacationing?

8. What sound awakens Mary and Colin each afternoon?

9. Why are Mary and Colin not speaking to each other at the beginning of the novel?