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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quality of May's does John claim she has "finer" than him?
(a) Her nerves.
(b) Her compassion.
(c) Her skin.
(d) Her heart.

2. What "invoked, invited, encouraged, could give them, naturally, no more than it had?"
(a) The past.
(b) The present.
(c) The future.
(d) The truth.

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

4. Which of the following does John not mention regarding "the thing that waited" and it's jurisdiction to him in Chapter 3?
(a) By any chance of a truth.
(b) Within touch or reach.
(c) Within sight or sound.
(d) Within an inch.

5. What does May say to John regarding his secret at the very end of Chapter 2?
(a) "It's going to be soon."
(b) "You'll never find out."
(c) "What do you think of this?"
(d) "It will be fine."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John attribute as the reason for May being named the successor of her aunt's estate?

2. What reason does John give for not wanting to question May about what she knows about his secret in Chapter 4?

3. What does May claim is the only thing that concerns her after she and John begin discussing his secret in Chapter 3?

4. What is May's response to John when he asks her what is to happen to him at the end of Chapter 4?

5. What does the narrator say the items being perused by the visitors "almost made" the house?

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