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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does May tell John he takes for granted in Chapter 5?
(a) His love.
(b) His feelings.
(c) Her feelings.
(d) His fortune.

2. What does May do when John places his hand on the arm of her chair in Chapter 5?
(a) Holds it.
(b) Puts her hand on his.
(c) Kisses it.
(d) Pushes it away.

3. What does John believe May did to him in order to save him according to his thoughts in Chapter 5?
(a) Lied to him.
(b) Deceived him.
(c) Manipulated him.
(d) Loved him.

4. Where does John say his time with May moved him more than his impressions of?
(a) Italy and Persia.
(b) Africa and Asia.
(c) India and Egypt.
(d) England and France.

5. How long does John stay away during his travels?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 1 year.

6. What does John say were "washed like figures traced in the sea-sand?"
(a) His love for May.
(b) Ideas about his secret.
(c) May's love for him.
(d) His passion for life.

7. What does the narrator say always "reigned" in regards to May's home in Chapter 4?
(a) New items.
(b) Food.
(c) Household care.
(d) High quality.

8. Complete this sentence: "You mean that it has come as a positive definite ______, with a name and a date."
(a) Certainty.
(b) Chance.
(c) Time.
(d) Occurrence.

9. What does May touch near her chimney before becoming ill near the end of Chapter 4?
(a) A figurine.
(b) A shelf.
(c) A bell.
(d) A note.

10. What is John afraid will happen if he moved from May's grave in Chapter 6?
(a) He would always be alone.
(b) He would not recover.
(c) He would die.
(d) He would be broken forever.

11. Where does John say he has lived in regards to his life in Chapter 6?
(a) On the bottom.
(b) Inside out.
(c) Outside of it.
(d) On the top.

12. What rises to John's lips when he remembers May praying that he not know the true nature of his beast?
(a) A cough.
(b) May's name.
(c) A moan.
(d) A whisper.

13. What impenetrable object is used to describe May as the picture of serenity and exquisiteness in Chapter 4?
(a) Sphinx.
(b) Statue.
(c) Monolith.
(d) Giant.

14. What kind of stare does the man in mourning give John in Chapter 6?
(a) Sad.
(b) Immediate and vague.
(c) Haunting and dreary.
(d) Ominous.

15. Complete this sentence: "We've had together great __________, often great fears; but some of them have been unspoken."
(a) Talks.
(b) Memories.
(c) Imaginations.
(d) Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does John say he had wandered from in Chapter 6?

2. Which of the following does John not associate with the "Beast in the Jungle" in Chapter 5?

3. Complete this sentence: "Did we ever dream, with all our dreams, that we should sit and _______ of thus."

4. What does John tell May he could "face" if he knew her idea of what his secret is in Chapter 4?

5. What does John realize his escape would have been near the end of Chapter 6?

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