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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 John say were "washed like figures traced in the sea-sand?"
(a) Ideas about his secret.
(b) His love for May.
(c) May's love for him.
(d) His passion for life.

2. Finish this sentence: "You mean you feel how my obsession--poor old thing--may correspond to some possible ______."
(a) Tragedy.
(b) Reality.
(c) Occurrence.
(d) Travesty.

3. What does the narrator say always "reigned" in regards to May's home in Chapter 4?
(a) Food.
(b) New items.
(c) Household care.
(d) High quality.

4. What does John say caused the gap to fill up and supplied the missing link?
(a) May's voice.
(b) Food.
(c) Laughter.
(d) His secret.

5. What does May grab for support when she stands during her conversation with John in Chapter 4?
(a) The clock.
(b) The sofa.
(c) The chair.
(d) A shelf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John describe as the frugal way he finishes his evenings with May?

2. What is the last name of the family May says she was staying with when she met the narrator?

3. Complete this sentence: "I don't know why it shouldn't make me _________, which is what we're speaking of as right as it makes you."

4. What does John say May talked with the perfect straightness of in Chapter 5?

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

(see the answer key)

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