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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. How old does the narrator say he was when he met May for the first time?
(a) 35.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

2. What does John attribute as the reason for May being named the successor of her aunt's estate?
(a) Her high tone and high temper.
(b) Her resilience.
(c) Her warm heart.
(d) Her gumption.

3. Finish this sentence: "Yes, but since, as you say, I'm only, so far as people make out, _______."
(a) Ordinary.
(b) Successful.
(c) Real.
(d) Happy.

4. What does the narrator describe as "so numerous that guests could wander at their will?"
(a) The grounds.
(b) The attic.
(c) The great rooms.
(d) The kitchen.

5. Complete this sentence: "Not indeed that I in the least connect with my impression the _______ name you use".
(a) Occipital.
(b) Serious.
(c) Silly.
(d) Invidious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say began for John "in a thick cluster" and at the time when "the unexpected died out?"

2. What does John ask May if she remembered asking him when they had met at Weatherend for the first time?

3. To where does John often have May accompany him as revealed at the beginning of Chapter 3?

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

5. What type of speech does the narrator say "he saw in this no vulgar reminder of" regarding his conversation with May?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of the exchange between John and May at the end of Chapter 4?

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

3. What reasons does John give for taking May to the opera at the beginning of Chapter 3?

4. How does John describe his and May's treatment of the subject of his secret in Chapter 3?

5. How does John describe his and May's last meeting in Chapter 5?

6. How are the "depths" between May and John described in Chapter 3?

7. How does John react after learning of May's illness in Chapter 3?

8. Describe John's opinion of May after she reveals that she doesn't know the true nature of his secret but rather what it is not in Chapter 5.

9. How does John say he feels about May spending so much of her life concerned with his secret in Chapter 3?

10. What is the nature of John's pondering about the secret he has shared with May in Chapter 2?

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