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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 went to the park.
(c) May came to his house.
(d) He didn't go to May's house.

2. Finish this sentence: "It seems to me I liked it better present, as you say, than I can like it absent with your _________."
(a) Leaving.
(b) Away.
(c) Longing.
(d) Absence.

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

4. What does John say May talked with the softness of in Chapter 5?
(a) A mother.
(b) A woman in love.
(c) A baby.
(d) A sick child.

5. Complete the sentence: "What do you regard as the very worst that at this time of day can ______ to me."
(a) Occur.
(b) Fathom.
(c) Become.
(d) Happen.

6. Where does John visit the day he comes home from his travels?
(a) May's grave.
(b) A park.
(c) His house.
(d) A bar.

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

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

9. What does John say had only been smothered, but still throbbed and could bleed?
(a) His desire.
(b) His secret.
(c) His ache.
(d) His heartache.

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

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

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

13. What does the narrator say May sat without for the first time that year at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) A scarf.
(b) A fire.
(c) A blanket.
(d) Her chair.

14. What did May "talk of" that John found "deepened the strangeness to see her" in Chapter 4?
(a) Horrors.
(b) Love.
(c) Vulgarity.
(d) Sadness.

15. What possibility does John feel would be monstrous for May according to his thoughts in Chapter 4?
(a) If she made a mistake being his friend.
(b) If she died.
(c) If he died.
(d) If they had been married.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what month does John visit May at the beginning of Chapter 4?

2. What impenetrable object is used to describe May as the picture of serenity and exquisiteness in Chapter 4?

3. What does John claim he was afraid of during his conversation with May in Chapter 4?

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

5. What does the narrator say John was dependent on after he decides to live in Chapter 6?

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