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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finish this sentence: "You know you told me something I've never forgotten and that again and again has made me think of you since; it was that tremendously hot day when we went to Sorrento, across the bay, for the ________".
(a) Breeze.
(b) Harbor.
(c) Light.
(d) Sunset.

2. What does John say is a bigger failure than to be bankrupt, dishonored, pilloried or hanged?
(a) To not be anything.
(b) To be unhappy.
(c) To be rich.
(d) To be alone.

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

4. What does John decide to do after May's funeral?
(a) Go to church.
(b) Pray.
(c) Travel.
(d) Eat.

5. What does the narrator say the items being perused by the visitors "almost made" the house?
(a) Spoiled.
(b) Famous.
(c) Magnificent.
(d) Haunted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John say that causes May to say "don't, don't" in Chapter 5?

2. What words does the narrator use to describe the items being shown to the visitors of the house?

3. What does John say were "numberless enough" and a "thick cold mist?"

4. What does John have a "dreadful sense" of in Chapter 5?

5. What two words are used to describe the light in May's eyes in Chapter 4?

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