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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John ask to himself in regards to May's "appearance of variation from the usual human type?"
(a) "What is the matter?"
(b) "What is it that saves you?"
(c) "Is this right?"
(d) "Do you love me?"

2. What does John suggest had lost itself in the desert?
(a) May's sanity.
(b) May's beauty.
(c) His secret.
(d) His fear.

3. What does John tell May he could "face" if he knew her idea of what his secret is in Chapter 4?
(a) The truth.
(b) Her death.
(c) His death.
(d) The worst.

4. What does the narrator say began for John "in a thick cluster" and at the time when "the unexpected died out?"
(a) Secrets.
(b) Surprises.
(c) Agony.
(d) Lies.

5. What feature of May's is described with an "inconsequent sense" and being as beautiful as they were in her youth?
(a) Face.
(b) Throat.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Lips.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John say May cannot simply be a mere confidant in Chapter 2?

2. What question does May ask the narrator three times at the end of Chapter 1?

3. What does May say to John regarding his secret at the very end of Chapter 2?

4. What is the last name of the family May says she was staying with when she met the narrator?

5. What does May say to John when he asks her how he could ever repay her keeping his secret in Chapter 3?

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