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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the truth once John discovers his love for May in Chapter 6?
(a) Devastating.
(b) Vivid and monstrous.
(c) Silly and vague.
(d) Haunting and true.

2. Which of the following items are not mentioned by John when visiting May's grave makes him feel like a contented landlord in Chapter 6?
(a) Plot of ground.
(b) Tended flowers.
(c) Green grass.
(d) Graven tablet.

3. What reason does John give for not wanting to question May about what she knows about his secret in Chapter 4?
(a) Because he doesn't want to lose her.
(b) Because he doesn't want them to have an argument.
(c) Because he is afraid to learn the truth.
(d) Because he doesn't want to find out.

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

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

6. What is May's response to John when he asks her what is to happen to him at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) "It has been done."
(b) "What will."
(c) "What might have been."
(d) "What was to".

7. What does May do during her visit with John to make her statement more "vivid" in Chapter 4?
(a) Whispered.
(b) Rose from her chair.
(c) Yelled.
(d) Turned her back.

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

9. What does John say has never touched him in Chapter 6?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Affection.
(c) Love.
(d) Passion.

10. What does May grab for support when she stands during her conversation with John in Chapter 4?
(a) A shelf.
(b) The chair.
(c) The sofa.
(d) The clock.

11. What does John say were "numberless enough" and a "thick cold mist?"
(a) His love.
(b) His desires.
(c) His fortune.
(d) His dreams.

12. What does John say he will profit extraordinarily little from in Chapter 5?
(a) May's death.
(b) May's fortune.
(c) May's interest in him.
(d) His fortune.

13. What does John claim he was afraid of during his conversation with May in Chapter 4?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Nothingness.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Ignorance.

14. What does John do after May tells him he will not suffer because of his secret?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He cries.
(c) He closes his eyes.
(d) He becomes flushed.

15. What occurrs to John at the beginning of Chapter 5, which never happened to him before?
(a) He wasn't able to visit May.
(b) He didn't go to May's house.
(c) He went to the park.
(d) May came to his house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish this sentence: "If you're glad of what it's not it might then have been _____."

2. Complete this sentence: "Ah you not being aware of it is the _________ in the strangeness."

3. Where does it say John traveled to during his travels in Chapter 6?

4. How many duels does the narrator imagine for John to have fought in Chapter 6?

5. What are the items of furniture in the room where May and John visit in Chapter 4?

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