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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the book say May had secretly drawn around her near the end of Chapter 2?
(a) A wall.
(b) A boundary.
(c) A mystic line.
(d) An imaginary line.

3. 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?
(a) When she shopped for food.
(b) When she visited friends.
(c) When she picked up groceries.
(d) When she took out the trash.

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

5. What does John ask to himself in regards to May's "appearance of variation from the usual human type?"
(a) "What is the matter?"
(b) "What is it that saves you?"
(c) "Do you love me?"
(d) "Is this right?"

6. What does John say he took the measurement of in the interest of his and May's nerves in Chapter 3?
(a) The mystic line.
(b) The abyss.
(c) The tiger.
(d) The heart.

7. How many years does May say it has been since her first meeting with the narrator?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

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

9. Complete this sentence: "Only, you know, the form and the way in your case were to have been--well, something so _____ and, as one may say, so particularly your own."
(a) Wondrous.
(b) Imaginary.
(c) Exceptional.
(d) Amazing.

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

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

12. What does John attribute as the reason for May being named the successor of her aunt's estate?
(a) Her gumption.
(b) Her high tone and high temper.
(c) Her warm heart.
(d) Her resilience.

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

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

15. What does May say was the "incident" that caused her to "seek refuge" when she had met the narrator for the first time?
(a) A sandstorm.
(b) A monsoon.
(c) A thunderstorm.
(d) A tornado.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator describe as "so numerous that guests could wander at their will?"

2. Which of the following attributes does John say about May regarding her interest in his secret in Chapter 2?

3. Which of the following does John not imagine May does in regards to the home she is staying at in Chapter 1?

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

5. To where does John often have May accompany him as revealed at the beginning of Chapter 3?

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