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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what does John say he doesn't 't think a lady is meant to accompany him in Chapter 2?
(a) A tiger hunt.
(b) A soul search.
(c) Important matters.
(d) A witch hunt.

2. 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."
(a) Happy.
(b) Humanly.
(c) Sane.
(d) Jovial.

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

4. When does John say his and May's friendship had "sprung into being" in Chapter 2?
(a) With her first penetrating question.
(b) With her first word.
(c) With her first glare.
(d) With her first smile.

5. Finish this sentence: "What saves us, you know, is that we answer so completely to so usual an appearance: that of the man and woman whose friendship has become such a daily _____."
(a) Routine.
(b) Chore.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Habit.

6. Finish this sentence: "You know you told me something I've never forgotten and that again and again has made me think of you since; it was that tremendously hot day when we went to Sorrento, across the bay, for the ________".
(a) Light.
(b) Harbor.
(c) Sunset.
(d) Breeze.

7. What does John tell May he often wonders if it's fair in Chapter 2?
(a) For May to be granted her inheritance.
(b) For he and May to become married.
(c) For he and May to be friends.
(d) For May to be so involved in his secret.

8. What does John suggest had lost itself in the desert?
(a) His secret.
(b) May's beauty.
(c) His fear.
(d) May's sanity.

9. Which of the following items does John not associate with when defining failure in Chapter 3?
(a) The secrets of the gods had grown faint.
(b) The times of the ages.
(c) The possibilities have turned stale.
(d) When the possibilities have evaporated.

10. Complete this sentence: "Not indeed that I in the least connect with my impression the _______ name you use".
(a) Invidious.
(b) Serious.
(c) Occipital.
(d) Silly.

11. What does John say was the reason he was at the house in Chapter 1?
(a) A date.
(b) A business meeting.
(c) To meet a friend.
(d) A luncheon.

12. Which of the following does John not imagine May does in regards to the home she is staying at in Chapter 1?
(a) The authorship of the pictures.
(b) The color of the walls.
(c) The favorite haunts of the ghost.
(d) The styles of the furniture.

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

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

15. To where does John often have May accompany him as revealed at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) The store.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) The park.
(d) The opera.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does May tell John she has a disorder of in Chapter 3?

2. What does May say was the "incident" that caused her to "seek refuge" when she had met the narrator for the first time?

3. After May reveals her illness to John, he says he felt the shadow of a change and the chill of a what?

4. What does John say he has never been for a moment in his life in Chapter 2?

5. What does the narrator say began for John "in a thick cluster" and at the time when "the unexpected died out?"

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