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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 87-139.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What actually causes Elgin to show emotion?
(a) The death of his father.
(b) Louise's affair.
(c) The narrator's love for Louise.
(d) Louise's diagnosis.

2. What does the narrator compare his or her affair with Louise to?
(a) Other affairs the narrator has had.
(b) High school relationships.
(c) A couple in therapy.
(d) Other affairs Louise has had.

3. What does the narrator consider unsatisfying when done alone?
(a) Go to the bookstore.
(b) Eat at a restaurant.
(c) Drink coffee.
(d) Watch people through windows.

4. Which of the following is a theme in the novel?
(a) Lost relationships.
(b) The past is always hurtful.
(c) Angry ex-lovers.
(d) Loving somebody you can't have.

5. What bill does the narrator pay for a full year before moving?
(a) Internet.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Apartment rent.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Louise, what is Elgin best suited for?

2. When did the narrator's relationship with Jacqueline stop expanding?

3. How does Louise react to the narrator's act of violence?

4. Which of the following did Inge actively object to?

5. Whose belongings does Jacqueline destroy?

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