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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John attribute as the reason for May being named the successor of her aunt's estate?
(a) Her resilience.
(b) Her high tone and high temper.
(c) Her gumption.
(d) Her warm heart.

2. What does say he is John after May says she is impressed with his new attitude near the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Heroic.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Brilliant.

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

4. After May reveals her illness to John, he says he felt the shadow of a change and the chill of a what?
(a) Shudder.
(b) Envy.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Shock.

5. What does John say is the one desire he has left at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) To be rich.
(b) That he shouldn't have been sold.
(c) To be alone.
(d) To be happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish this sentence: "Yes, but since, as you say, I'm only, so far as people make out, _______."

2. What does the narrator say cast "the long shadow in which he had lived" and had "almost no margin left?"

3. What does John ask to himself in regards to May's "appearance of variation from the usual human type?"

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

5. When does John say his and May's friendship had "sprung into being" in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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