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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feeling does John have towards the man in mourning at the cemetery in Chapter 6?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Pity.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Envy.

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

3. What does John tell May he could "face" if he knew her idea of what his secret is in Chapter 4?
(a) His death.
(b) The truth.
(c) Her death.
(d) The worst.

4. What does John say his illumination of his love for May blazed to in Chapter 6?
(a) The sphinx.
(b) The zenith.
(c) The diamond.
(d) The onyx.

5. What does John say his existence had grown strangely more of in Chapter 5?
(a) Spacious.
(b) Small.
(c) Large.
(d) Short.

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

7. Finish this sentence: "Why I thought it the point you were just making--that we had looked most things in the ______."
(a) Eye.
(b) Face.
(c) Heart.
(d) Head.

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

9. What distinction does John believe he has that is a terrible truth to him?
(a) Being rich.
(b) Being ordinary.
(c) Being common.
(d) Being alone.

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

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

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

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

14. Who is described as "the creature beneath the sod?"
(a) John.
(b) May.
(c) The Beast.
(d) John's conquests.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John say he wouldn't make it known that May had been watching him in Chapter 5?

2. How long does John stand at the object he visits at the end of Chapter 5?

3. What does John say was an oddity in regards to his nervousness in Chapter 4?

4. Complete this sentence: "We've had together great __________, often great fears; but some of them have been unspoken."

5. What two words are used to describe the light in May's eyes in Chapter 4?

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