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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Complete this sentence: "I see of course what you mean by your ____ me, in this way and that."
(a) Loving.
(b) Cursing.
(c) Saving.
(d) Helping.

2. What does John say he had no sense of when time and fate acted on him?
(a) Being happy.
(b) Being young.
(c) Being whole.
(d) Being lonely.

3. What does John say he has never been for a moment in his life in Chapter 2?
(a) Sad.
(b) Happy.
(c) Calm.
(d) Settled.

4. Why does John say May cannot simply be a mere confidant in Chapter 2?
(a) Because he doesn't trust her.
(b) Because she is a woman.
(c) Because she doesn't trust him.
(d) Because of her interest in his predicament.

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

6. Where does John say he took May during their visits in Chapter 2?
(a) The botanical gardens.
(b) The Kensington Gallery.
(c) The National Museum.
(d) The National Gallery and the South Kensington Museum.

7. What is May's last name?
(a) Thompson.
(b) Black.
(c) Sampson.
(d) Bartram.

8. 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) Habit.
(b) Chore.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Routine.

9. What is the name of the house John is visiting in Chapter 1?
(a) Le Manse.
(b) Weatherend.
(c) Fountainbleu.
(d) Terra.

10. How is May's chair described in Chapter 3?
(a) Old and dusty.
(b) Dark brown.
(c) Leather and tarnished.
(d) Deep and old fashioned.

11. What kind of failure does the narrator say a "drop of dignity under the shadow" would become in Chapter 3?
(a) Insane.
(b) Silly.
(c) Grotesque.
(d) Horrible.

12. How does John claim May would feel if she gave up on discovering his secret before she dies in Chapter 3?
(a) It would save her.
(b) It would kill her.
(c) It would lacerate her.
(d) It would haunt her.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does the narrator say he was when he met May for the first time?

2. What does say he is John after May says she is impressed with his new attitude near the end of Chapter 2?

3. What does May refer to John's secret as to him in Chapter 2?

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

5. Other than when May takes her aunt to town, what is the other occasion in which John is able to see her during their visits in Chapter 2?

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