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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Complete this sentence: "God knows I don't want anything. It's only a question of the __________ that haunts me."
(a) Apprehension.
(b) Day.
(c) Act.
(d) Nervousness.

2. What does John say he felt that he had never felt before in Chapter 3?
(a) His lonliness.
(b) His happiness.
(c) His lack of intimacy.
(d) The dread in the thought of losing May.

3. 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 shopped for food.
(c) When she visited friends.
(d) When she took out the trash.

4. What does the narrator describe as "so numerous that guests could wander at their will?"
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The great rooms.
(c) The attic.
(d) The grounds.

5. What does May tell John she has a disorder of in Chapter 3?
(a) Heart.
(b) Lungs.
(c) Brain.
(d) Blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does John say he took May during their visits in Chapter 2?

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

3. What does May tell John is not repaid as time goes on in Chapter 2?

4. In what way does John refer to May's waiting on telling him the nature of his secret as in Chapter 3?

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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