1. Complete this sentence: "Ah you not being aware of it is the _________ in the strangeness."
(a) Love.
(b) Similarities.
(c) Strangeness.
(d) Oddity.

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

3. Who comes into the room where May and John are having their conversation near the end of Chapter 4?
(a) May's cousin.
(b) May's maid.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dog.

4. Where does John claim he first met May in Chapter 1?
(a) Paris.
(b) Venice.
(c) Rome.
(d) Florence.

5. What reason does John give for not wanting to question May about what she knows about his secret in Chapter 4?
(a) Because he is afraid to learn the truth.
(b) Because he doesn't want to lose her.
(c) Because he doesn't want them to have an argument.
(d) Because he doesn't want to find out.

Short Answer 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 ________".

2. What does John say he is afraid he has spent his whole life thinking of in Chapter 4?

3. Finish this sentence: "Assuredly--if you mean, as I do, something that includes all the loss and all the shame that are _______."

4. In what city do May and John meet up in for their visits in Chapter 2?

5. What is the name of the house John is visiting in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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