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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. Why did Vercueil abandon his career at sea?
(a) His leg was cut.
(b) His spine was crushed.
(c) His head was split open.
(d) His hand was crushed.

2. Where are the police officers the narrator talks with?
(a) Outside her kitchen.
(b) At the police station.
(c) Near her pool.
(d) Outside her yard.

3. What does Mr. Vercueil say he bought?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Fire juice.

4. What does the narrator think about while being driven home?
(a) The trust she put in Vercueil.
(b) That she likes being drunk.
(c) Her cancer.
(d) Changing her will.

5. What does the narrator see inside the building they go to?
(a) 16 dead bodies.
(b) 12 dead bodies.
(c) 8 dead bodies.
(d) 6 dead bodies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator call the house of Parliament?

2. What does the narrator say she is afraid of?

3. What is the name of Florence's cousin?

4. Where does the narrator stop to rest?

5. What are some men forcing bystanders to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What seems to ease Mrs. Curren's pain?

2. What is the narrator told when she asks who is responsible?

3. What does Mrs. Curren do when Mr. Vercueil is not looking?

4. Where do Mr. Vercueil and the narrator drive?

5. What does the narrator notice when passing by Florence's room in Part Three, p. 147-176?

6. What does the narrator recall about her daughter?

7. What does the narrator wonder about her ability to love?

8. What does Mr. Vercueil say of the bottle in the paper bag?

9. Who does Florence dress as at the start of Part Four?

10. What is playing on the television when Mr. Vercueil brings the television into the room?

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