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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. How does Willem react when he hears that Jude has attempted suicide?
(a) He calls the police.
(b) He goes in search of Caleb.
(c) He calls Harold to ask for advice.
(d) He moves in with Jude.

2. What action directly causes Jude to start cutting himself more often?
(a) Having regular sex with Willem.
(b) Telling Willem about Caleb.
(c) Seeing JB's photography show.
(d) Finding out about Willem's infidelities.

3. What does Caleb do to Jude when he breaks into his apartment and waits for him there?
(a) He tries to drown him.
(b) He throws him down the stairs.
(c) He sets him on fire.
(d) He stabs him.

4. Who is Kit?
(a) Harold's sister.
(b) Jude's doctor.
(c) Willem's agent.
(d) Willem's lawyer.

5. To what type of company event does Jude invite Willem at the end of Chapter V: The Happy Years?
(a) A Christmas party.
(b) A horseshoe tournament.
(c) A barbecue.
(d) A bake sale.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Jude when he ran away from the group home?

2. Once Jude and Willem decide to pursue a romantic relationship, what action do they take?

3. What excuse does Jude make to everyone about his black eye and bruised face?

4. With whom is Jude having dinner when Caleb unexpectedly enters the restaurant?

5. Chapter 3 of Part III: Vanities is narrated from whose perspective?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to nullify Jude's chosen method of coping with the trauma inflicted by Caleb?

2. What major turning point in the novel occurs within Part V: The Happy Years, in relation to Jude and Willem?

3. What is Willem's agent's reaction to his decision to stay in New York after Jude's suicide attempt?

4. How is foreshadowing used within Harold's discussion of Jude's skills as a lawyer?

5. Harold reveals that he had first learned about Jude's rituals of self-harm in what manner?

6. How did Jude come to leave the group home in Montana?

7. To what historical event does the part title Vanities allude?

8. What is ironic about the mistaken identity of the person Jude hallucinates is trying to hurt him?

9. How does the motif of dreams appear within Harold's characterization?

10. How does Harold find out that Caleb has been physically abusing Jude?

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