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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many duels does the narrator imagine for John to have fought in Chapter 6?
(a) 25.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

2. What does John realize his escape would have been near the end of Chapter 6?
(a) To die.
(b) To be alone.
(c) To love May.
(d) To eat.

3. What does John say he is afraid he has spent his whole life thinking of in Chapter 4?
(a) Dreadful things.
(b) Only himself.
(c) Other people.
(d) Bad thoughts.

4. How is the cemetery in which May was buried in London described in Chapter 5?
(a) Dark and dank.
(b) Great and grey.
(c) White and ghostly.
(d) Black and dreary.

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

6. What does John say had become "a strayed or stolen child to an unappeasable father" for him in Chapter 5?
(a) The lost stuff of consciousness.
(b) His sanity.
(c) His secret.
(d) His love.

7. Why does John say he wouldn't make it known that May had been watching him in Chapter 5?
(a) Because he was scared.
(b) Because it would have brought attention to the Beast.
(c) Because she would want it that way.
(d) Because he was ashamed.

8. 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.

9. What does John say that causes May to say "don't, don't" in Chapter 5?
(a) "I don't care."
(b) "I suffer."
(c) "I die."
(d) "So be it."

10. Which of the following people are not mentioned by John as being in May's chamber as she lay dying in Chapter 5?
(a) Relatives.
(b) Doctors.
(c) The maid.
(d) Nurses.

11. What does John fling himself on at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) A bench.
(b) May's grave.
(c) A tree stump.
(d) A rose bush.

12. Finish this sentence: "It isn't a question for you of conceiving, imagining, ______."
(a) Living.
(b) Giving.
(c) Comparing.
(d) Dying.

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

14. What does the narrator say May's name on her headstone did to John in Chapter 6?
(a) Killed him.
(b) Silenced him.
(c) Hurt him.
(d) Smote him.

15. Complete this sentence: "Ah you not being aware of it is the _________ in the strangeness."
(a) Similarities.
(b) Strangeness.
(c) Love.
(d) Oddity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John say had only been smothered, but still throbbed and could bleed?

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

3. What does John say has never touched him in Chapter 6?

4. What words does John use to describe May's appearance near the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. What does the narrator say John had known the world to be at the beginning of Chapter 6?

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