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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Edith discover about Maurice in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) Maurice stole her novel.
(b) Maurice stole Erich's novel.
(c) Maurice stole Garrett's novel.
(d) Maurice stole Dash's novel.

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

4. According to Theo, he does not have the brain capable of what?
(a) Writing a thesis.
(b) Analyzing poetry.
(c) Making a movie.
(d) Thinking up a plot.

5. What happens to Edith at the end of Part II, Chapter 8?
(a) She divorces Maurice.
(b) She wakes up.
(c) Her life support is removed.
(d) She is taken into surgery.

6. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 3, what did he do after Dash fell in love with him?
(a) He stopped speaking to him.
(b) He returned his love.
(c) He mocked him.
(d) He denied him everything.

7. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 3, he has no guilt for what happened to whom?
(a) Dash.
(b) Edith.
(c) Erich.
(d) Daniel.

8. What is the name of Maurice's fourth published novel?
(a) The Breach.
(b) The Rupture.
(c) The Rift.
(d) The Schism.

9. Where do Maurice and his son go after visiting the bookstore in the second interlude?
(a) To the office.
(b) To the movies.
(c) To the fair.
(d) To the park.

10. According to Maurice in the second interlude, he likely has a heart of what?
(a) Darkness.
(b) Gold.
(c) Pain.
(d) Stone.

11. What does Rebecca ask Edith to do in Part II, Chapter 6?
(a) To meet Arjan for coffee.
(b) To testify that Robert is an unfit father.
(c) To babysit the boys.
(d) To stop talking to Robert.

12. What accident happens to Maurice at the beginning of Part III, Chapter 3?
(a) He drunkenly stumbles into traffic.
(b) He falls coming out of a bar.
(c) He falls down a flight of stairs.
(d) He gets arrested for public drunkenness.

13. Maja is caught plagiarizing from what publication?
(a) The Atlantic.
(b) Granta.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) The Paris Review

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

15. What does Edith discover about herself in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) She is meant to be a teacher.
(b) Her novel is not good.
(c) She has cancer.
(d) She is pregnant again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What condition does Theo have that shocks Maurice in Part III, Chapter 3?

2. What happens to Maurice's appearance as a result of the accident in Part III, Chapter 3?

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

4. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 2, what does he experience after reading Theo's letter?

5. Whose successful novel is in the window of the bookstore during the second interlude?

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