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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of failure does the narrator say a "drop of dignity under the shadow" would become in Chapter 3?
(a) Horrible.
(b) Insane.
(c) Grotesque.
(d) Silly.

2. What realization causes John's breath of good faith to come short in Chapter 3?
(a) That he was sick too.
(b) How long he had waited to discover his secret.
(c) That he would miss May.
(d) That he loved May.

3. Finish this sentence: "If you're glad of what it's not it might then have been _____."
(a) Worse.
(b) Better.
(c) Good.
(d) Bad.

4. What does John say his existence had grown strangely more of in Chapter 5?
(a) Small.
(b) Spacious.
(c) Large.
(d) Short.

5. What does the book say May had secretly drawn around her near the end of Chapter 2?
(a) A boundary.
(b) A wall.
(c) An imaginary line.
(d) A mystic line.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John ask to himself in regards to May's "appearance of variation from the usual human type?"

2. What does John say is the one desire he has left at the end of Chapter 4?

3. Complete this sentence: "I see of course what you mean by your ____ me, in this way and that."

4. What does John decide to do after May's funeral?

5. What event does John say made his and May's meetings more multiplied at the beginning of Chapter 2?

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