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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Maurice's fifth published novel?
(a) The Ignored Ones.
(b) The Broken Ones.
(c) The Ruptured Ones.
(d) The Fragmented Ones.

2. Who visits Edith in Part II, Chapter 8 and reads from her favorite novel?
(a) Nicholas.
(b) Maja.
(c) Garrett.
(d) Rufus.

3. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 1, Theo's letter is a way back to what?
(a) Ambition.
(b) Glory.
(c) Fame.
(d) The past.

4. According to Theo in Part III, Chapter 1, what is an underrated classic?
(a) The Broken Ones.
(b) The Treehouse.
(c) The Tribesman.
(d) Two Germans.

5. Who shows up unannounced at Christmas?
(a) Dash.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Robert.
(d) Arjan.

6. What is Arjan's profession?
(a) He is an actor.
(b) He is a director.
(c) He is a costume designer.
(d) He is a poet.

7. According to Maurice in the second interlude, what does Maurice look forward to regarding his son?
(a) The day he becomes a writer.
(b) The day he gets a job.
(c) The day he starts high school.
(d) The day he goes to college.

8. In what year does the second interlude take place?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2009.

9. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 3, how old was Daniel when he died?
(a) 11.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

10. From what novel does Maurice read when speaking to Edith's class in Part II, Chapter 3?
(a) The Treehouse.
(b) The Tribesman.
(c) Fear.
(d) Two Germans.

11. What does Rebecca admit to Edith in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) She has turned the children against Robert.
(b) She planted child pornography on Robert's computer.
(c) She got Robert fired from his job.
(d) She emptied Robert's savings account.

12. What happens to Maurice's appearance as a result of the accident in Part III, Chapter 3?
(a) He breaks his nose.
(b) His cheek is bruised purple.
(c) He loses a tooth.
(d) His lip swells.

13. According to Theo in Part III, Chapter 2, very few people are interested in what?
(a) Aptitude.
(b) Deceit.
(c) Craft.
(d) Art.

14. In Part II, Chapter 5, Edith is shocked when Maurice reports his novel will be finished in what amount of time?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 6 days.

15. Whose successful novel is in the window of the bookstore during the second interlude?
(a) Douglas Sherman.
(b) Gore Vidal.
(c) Garrett Colby.
(d) Rufus Shawcross.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edith discover about herself in Part II, Chapter 7?

2. What is Theo's last name?

3. Why does Maurice's son get in trouble at school?

4. What is Theo writing, according to his letter in Part III, Chapter 1?

5. What is the name of the literary magazine started by Maurice?

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