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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Afterward".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Mary first realize that Ned is missing?
(a) When the boiler repairman asks to speak with him.
(b) When Trimmle comes in to ask her whether she has seen Ned.
(c) When the stranger reappears and asks for him again.
(d) When she tries to find him to tell him that lunch is ready.

2. What detail does the narrator relate as evidence of how much Ned and Mary have yearned for a life like the one they have in England?
(a) They had a map of England pinned over their kitchen table at their old house in America.
(b) They made an agreement with one another that they would do "anything" it took to make their dream come true.
(c) They had already pre-planned every detail of how they would spend their days.
(d) They were discussing a move to England even before they got married.

3. To what do Mary and Ned attribute the great beauty they see in England?
(a) New places always seem attractive at first.
(b) Its history.
(c) Their own hatred for the American Midwest.
(d) Its small size.

4. Why does Mary have a hard time seeing the details of the man's appearance on that day in October?
(a) Ned quickly moves to block her view.
(b) Her eyesight is not very good.
(c) The sun is behind the man.
(d) The man is deliberately keeping himself in the shadows.

5. What is the only descriptive detail that the maid is able to give Mary about the stranger's appearance?
(a) He had an unusual hat.
(b) He was not very tall.
(c) He wore foreign clothing.
(d) He walked with a limp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation does Ned give Mary at the time of the mysterious visit in October?

2. When Ned is still gone by the time Mary finishes lunch, where does she decide he must be?

3. What does Mary find in the envelope addressed to her?

4. Why are Ned and Mary so interested in living in an isolated location?

5. When Mary thinks back on the October visit from the mysterious man, she thinks that it "had no mark of the portentous" (86). What does this mean she felt about the visit at the time that it happened?

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