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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. Willem is born how many years after his brother Hemming's birth?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

2. To what career does Malcolm aspire in college?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Architect.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Teacher.

3. The priests tell Jude that they found him in what type of location?
(a) An alley.
(b) Nearby a lake.
(c) A closet.
(d) Nearby a river.

4. Upon the opening of the novel, Jude has just graduated from what kind of school?
(a) High school.
(b) Medical school.
(c) Art school.
(d) Law school.

5. In Part II: Lispenard Street, what decade of life has Willem recently entered?
(a) His twenties.
(b) His thirties.
(c) His forties.
(d) His fifties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does Malcolm mentally use to describe his future inheritance?

2. Which of Willem's family members dies first?

3. To what location does Jude go on a rare occasion outside of the monastery?

4. Which character is linked to the monastery greenhouse within Jude's mind?

5. For what type of creature does Jude search in the creek?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the coupons in the novel symbolize?

2. Who is JB and how does he enter the story?

3. What two elements of Willem's life in Wyoming does he miss?

4. Discuss a quality that Jude has in common with either Malcolm or JB.

5. What impetus prompts Malcolm to come out to his parents?

6. How does the theme of regret appear within A Little Life?

7. How does Yanigihara want the reader to view Jude's decision to keep his past a secret and how do you know?

8. Discuss a time when Yanigihara uses a metaphor to represent some aspect of friendship.

9. In what way are the themes of secrecy and control depicted in Part II: The Postman?

10. Characterize the priests' attitudes about Jude's pursuit of knowledge about his own past.

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