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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Elgin's mother die?
(a) Complications after surgery.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Gun injury.

3. What is Elgin's religion?
(a) He is an atheist.
(b) He is Catholic.
(c) He is Protestant.
(d) He is Jewish.

4. What is the narrator scared will happen if he or she reveals his or her true feelings to Louise?
(a) She will become too eager.
(b) She will be scared away.
(c) She will benefit from not knowing.
(d) She will fear the narrator.

5. What is the narrator afraid of about revealing his or her relationship with Louise?
(a) Getting physically hurt by Jacqueline.
(b) Hurting Jacqueline emotionally.
(c) Not having a place to live.
(d) Getting hurt emotionally by Louise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Jacqueline married to?

2. What does Louise refuse to accept from the narrator?

3. At whose house do the narrator and Louise carry on an affair?

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

5. Where does Jacqueline work?

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