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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say May sat without for the first time that year at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A fire.
(c) A scarf.
(d) Her chair.

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

3. What is John's last name?
(a) Firestone.
(b) Marcher.
(c) Lewis.
(d) Bartram.

4. Other than when May takes her aunt to town, what is the other occasion in which John is able to see her during their visits in Chapter 2?
(a) When she picked up groceries.
(b) When she visited friends.
(c) When she took out the trash.
(d) When she shopped for food.

5. Which of the following attributes does John say about May regarding her interest in his secret in Chapter 2?
(a) Seriousness.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Mercy.
(d) Sympathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does May tell John she has a disorder of in Chapter 3?

2. What kind of failure does the narrator say a "drop of dignity under the shadow" would become in Chapter 3?

3. Finish this sentence: "If you're glad of what it's not it might then have been _____."

4. What possibility does John feel would be monstrous for May according to his thoughts in Chapter 4?

5. Complete this sentence: "Ah you not being aware of it is the _________ in the strangeness."

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