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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following people are not mentioned by John as being in May's chamber as she lay dying in Chapter 5?
(a) Relatives.
(b) Doctors.
(c) The maid.
(d) Nurses.

2. What does John say May talked with the perfect straightness of in Chapter 5?
(a) An arrow.
(b) A sibyl.
(c) A rod.
(d) A dart.

3. What does John say that causes May to say "don't, don't" in Chapter 5?
(a) "So be it."
(b) "I die."
(c) "I suffer."
(d) "I don't care."

4. Which of the following items does John not associate with when defining failure in Chapter 3?
(a) The possibilities have turned stale.
(b) When the possibilities have evaporated.
(c) The times of the ages.
(d) The secrets of the gods had grown faint.

5. What does John decide to visit just before leaving in Chapter 5?
(a) May's house.
(b) A bar.
(c) A park.
(d) May's grave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John ask May if she remembered asking him when they had met at Weatherend for the first time?

2. How is May's chair described in Chapter 3?

3. Finish this sentence: "There have been days when I though you were, only of course, there have been days when we have thought almost _______."

4. What does John suggest had lost itself in the desert?

5. What does May refer to John's secret as to him in Chapter 2?

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