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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes into the room where May and John are having their conversation near the end of Chapter 4?
(a) A cat.
(b) A dog.
(c) May's maid.
(d) May's cousin.

2. What is the last name of the family May says she was staying with when she met the narrator?
(a) Johnston.
(b) Brennan.
(c) Boyer.
(d) Williams.

3. What does May claim is the only thing that concerns her after she and John begin discussing his secret in Chapter 3?
(a) For her to be happy.
(b) For John to be happy.
(c) For them to be friends.
(d) For John to pass as normal.

4. What does May tell John is not repaid as time goes on in Chapter 2?
(a) His curiosity.
(b) His sadness.
(c) His happiness.
(d) His worth.

5. What does John say "lay in wait for him, amid the twists and the turns of the months and the years" in Chapter 2?
(a) A shark in the ocean.
(b) A fox in the forest.
(c) A crouching beast in the jungle.
(d) A dog in the woods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John believe May did to him in order to save him according to his thoughts in Chapter 5?

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

3. What does May suggest what the narrator describes as "perhaps but the expectation--or at any rate the sense of danger, familiar to so many people?"

4. What does John say he felt that he had never felt before in Chapter 3?

5. What is described as "a sale highly advertised, that excites or quenches, as may be?"

(see the answer key)

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