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The Sense of an Ending Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 125 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 does the narrator describe being tossed into a wet sink, causing it to steam in the opening of Chapter 1?
(a) A hot knife.
(b) A hot iron.
(c) A hot
(d) A hot frying pan.

2. In what field did Alex tell Veronica his father was in business in Chapter 1?
(a) Gold trading.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Marine insurance.
(d) Ship-building.

3. What musical instrument did Adrian play, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Flute.
(b) Saxophone.
(c) Oboe.
(d) Clarinet.

4. Where does the narrator describe the school he attended in Chapter 1?
(a) Central London.
(b) North London.
(c) East London.
(d) Chislebury.

5. What did Adrian tell Alex as they said goodbye the last time that Alex saw him?
(a) That he was moving away.
(b) That he was quitting school.
(c) That he was getting married.
(d) That he was in love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what field did the narrator begin training after he left college?

2. What is Susan's husband's profession?

3. What does the narrator say he does now at the local hospital in the conclusion of Chapter 1?

4. Who wrote to the narrator to inform him of Adrian's suicide?

5. Where does the narrator describe walking along and looking at shops with Veronica and his friends in London in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the present tense narrative, what are the protagonist's circumstances as described in the conclusion of Chapter 1?

2. Whom did the protagonist marry? How does he describe the early years of their marriage?

3. What are the protagonist's impressions of the Ford family when he meets them?

4. Where do the protagonist and his friends go to college after high school?

5. Who informs the protagonist of Adrian's death? How has Adrian died?

6. What philosophical arguments are made regarding the act of suicide among the protagonist and his friends during high school?

7. Who commits suicide during the ptrotagonist's high school years? Why?

8. How is the intimacy between the protagonist and Veronica described during their courtship and after?

9. What is the protagonist's mother's theory regarding Adrian's suicide? How does the protagonist respond to this theory?

10. How is Veronica described when the narrator first meets her?

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