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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say cast "the long shadow in which he had lived" and had "almost no margin left?"
(a) The love in May's heart.
(b) His hope.
(c) The great vagueness.
(d) His love.

2. What type of speech does the narrator say "he saw in this no vulgar reminder of" regarding his conversation with May?
(a) Honest.
(b) Content.
(c) Happy.
(d) Sweet.

3. During what month does Chapter 1 take place?
(a) January.
(b) May.
(c) April.
(d) October.

4. What does John say caused the gap to fill up and supplied the missing link?
(a) His secret.
(b) May's voice.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Food.

5. What does May tell the narrator she will do with him at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Marry him.
(b) Wait for him.
(c) Help him.
(d) Watch with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does May tell John is not repaid as time goes on in Chapter 2?

2. What does John say "lay in wait for him, amid the twists and the turns of the months and the years" in Chapter 2?

3. What is the name of the house John is visiting in Chapter 1?

4. What is described as "a sale highly advertised, that excites or quenches, as may be?"

5. What does John tell May he often wonders if it's fair in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does May say about dull women on her birthday in Chapter 2?

2. How is May's grave described in Chapter 6?

3. What type of things does the narrator describe May does with the guests of the luncheon in Chapter 1?

4. How does May respond when John asks her what was the very worst that could happen to him that day at the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. How does John describe how his life would be in the absence of everything in Chapter 5?

6. What does May say about her and John's first meeting that causes him embarrassment in Chapter 1?

7. How does May respond when John asks her what saved her in Chapter 3?

8. What does John say in regards to May being "out of it" in Chapter 4?

9. What is the nature of May and John's conversation when he asks her to reveal what she believes is his secret in Chapter 4?

10. What is the nature of May and John's conversation at the end of Chapter 1 when she asks if he is afraid?

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