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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 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) Jovial.
(c) Humanly.
(d) Sane.

2. What does John say he might have tasted with every sauce?
(a) His hate.
(b) The intimate community.
(c) May's love.
(d) May's friendship.

3. 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 styles of the furniture.
(c) The favorite haunts of the ghost.
(d) The color of the walls.

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

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

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

7. Which of the following attributes does John say about May regarding her interest in his secret in Chapter 2?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Mercy.
(d) Seriousness.

8. What does the narrator say was the character of the only things that passed between May and John at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Jibber and Jabber.
(b) Recalls and results.
(c) Facts and answers.
(d) Notes and notations.

9. What does May refer to John's secret as to him in Chapter 2?
(a) The real truth about you.
(b) The secret death.
(c) The dirty laundry.
(d) The past.

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

11. What do May and John do together in Chapter 3 that reminds him of the question she wouldn't answer for him regarding his secret?
(a) Sing.
(b) Listen to operas.
(c) Go over opera passages.
(d) Play the piano.

12. What does May tell John she has a disorder of in Chapter 3?
(a) Lungs.
(b) Brain.
(c) Heart.
(d) Blood.

13. Complete this sentence: "Our habit saves you, at least, don't you see because it makes you, after all, for the ______, indistinguishable from other men."
(a) Tempted.
(b) Better.
(c) Worst.
(d) Vulgar.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the house John is visiting in Chapter 1?

2. What does John say the rest of the world thought of him as, but that May understands?

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

4. What does John say "lay in wait for him, amid the twists and the turns of the months and the years" in Chapter 2?

5. Which of the following items does John not associate with when defining failure in Chapter 3?

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