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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Philip marry Anne-Marie?
(a) To be with her forever.
(b) To become more respectable.
(c) To salvage the relationship.
(d) To get her inheritance.

2. How can Anne-Marie's stepfather be characterized?
(a) Vital.
(b) Somber.
(c) Witty.
(d) Engaging.

3. Where does Philip begin to plan a new life for Anne-Marie and himself?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Madrid.
(c) London.
(d) America.

4. To what country does Philip tell the narrator that he'll be returning?
(a) America.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

5. What does the narrator give Philip for his trip?
(a) Money.
(b) Dramamine.
(c) Phone numbers of friends.
(d) Hotel recommendations.

6. Why has Philip gone to visit his sister?
(a) She needs help moving.
(b) To get money.
(c) Because she is ill.
(d) To attend a family funeral.

7. What is Philip's opinion of fishing?
(a) It is a great sport.
(b) It is a waste of time.
(c) It is cruel.
(d) It is too boring.

8. Why is the narrator embarrassed at this point in his life?
(a) He doesn't have a good job.
(b) He has no real friends.
(c) He doesn't have much money.
(d) He is still single.

9. In what city is the nightclub where Philip and Anne-Marie located?
(a) Lyons.
(b) Paris.
(c) Provence.
(d) Dijon.

10. What do Philip and Anne-Marie talk about while out walking one day?
(a) The various ways to have sex.
(b) Names for the children they want.
(c) Where they want to live someday.
(d) The best vacation spots in the world.

11. What mode of transportation do the narrator and Alix use to return to her apartment?
(a) Subway.
(b) Limo.
(c) Taxi.
(d) Metro.

12. Which of the following is NOT something that the narrator finds in one of Philip's diaries?
(a) List of towns.
(b) List of vacation locales.
(c) Love poems.
(d) List of cities.

13. What does Philip sneak into Anne-Marie's apartment?
(a) Another girl.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Sexual lubricant.
(d) LSD.

14. Where do the narrator and Anne-Marie meet some time after Philip's departure?
(a) A museum.
(b) The Wheatland house.
(c) Anne-Marie's apartment.
(d) A cafe.

15. With whom is the narrator spending time in Chapter 26?
(a) No one.
(b) Philip and Anne-Marie.
(c) His roommate.
(d) Cristina and Billy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Anne-Marie ask Philip to meet?

2. What does Anne-Marie comment that she would like while she and Philip are window shopping?

3. What does the narrator learn about Claude Picquet?

4. What is the probable source of Philip's reluctance to commit to Anne-Marie?

5. What type of fish does Philip say he would be?

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