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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Charles want Titus to consider him, though he has said this before?
(a) His son
(b) A friend
(c) His uncle
(d) His brother

2. Who begins to drink heavily as a result of the death of one of the members of the household?
(a) Lizzie
(b) Charles
(c) James
(d) Peregrine

3. Charles says that the ____________ is the only part of his life with any meaning and that he wants to wait for Hartley.
(a) Future
(b) Present
(c) House
(d) Past

4. Titus realizes that Charles wants to use him as __________ in order to see Hartley.
(a) A toy
(b) Bait
(c) An accomplice
(d) A thief

5. What does Hartley refuse from Charles, saying over and over again that she wants to go home?
(a) Clothes
(b) Baths
(c) Books
(d) Breakfast

6. Charles finds out that _____________ has left her partner and she is nowhere to be found.
(a) Rosina
(b) Pamela
(c) Lizzie
(d) Hartley

7. Charles is thinking about accepting an offer to _______________ from an old friend.
(a) Direct a play
(b) Buy a home
(c) Buy a boat
(d) Read a book

8. Whose death has left everyone in the house in a daze at the start of this chapter?
(a) Peregrine
(b) Titus
(c) James
(d) Charles

9. Where do Titus and Hartley shut themselves in order to have a long talk together?
(a) Bedroom
(b) Inner room
(c) Bathroom
(d) Patio

10. Charles sends _______________ to a pub, telling him to wait there for future instructions.
(a) Gilbert
(b) James
(c) Peregrine
(d) Titus

11. Charles convinces himself that the change in Hartley's behavior is the result of her realizing the ____________ of his love.
(a) Committment
(b) Truth
(c) Strength
(d) Inevitability

12. Charles has come to believe that _________________ is entirely impossible
(a) Committment
(b) Being happy
(c) Changing oneself
(d) Falling in love

13. What has Charles been invited to, according to the letter he has received in the mail?
(a) Tea
(b) Dinner
(c) Church
(d) Movie

14. Who spends the day in the sun, nursing a blinding headache as he is at Charles's house?
(a) Peregrine
(b) Charles
(c) James
(d) Titus

15. Where does Hartley lock herself when she enters the house after Charles walks up to the door with her?
(a) Bedroom
(b) Kitchen
(c) Bathroom
(d) Inner tower

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charles thrust into Hartley's hand when he finally leaves the home she and Fitch share?

2. Charles insists that James and ____________ leave immediately, even opening the car doors for them.

3. At this point of the book, Charles decides he is no longer writing a ____________, but rather a memoir.

4. What interrupts the conversation between Charles and Titus by the sea?

5. Who decides to spend their time stocking the pantry when they are at Charles's home?

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