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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. Complete this sentence: "I see of course what you mean by your ____ me, in this way and that."
(a) Helping.
(b) Loving.
(c) Saving.
(d) Cursing.

2. Complete this sentence: "God knows I don't want anything. It's only a question of the __________ that haunts me."
(a) Apprehension.
(b) Act.
(c) Day.
(d) Nervousness.

3. What was over the chimney in the room where John and May begin their conversation in Chapter 1?
(a) A cross.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A wreath.
(d) A portrait.

4. What does John say is a bigger failure than to be bankrupt, dishonored, pilloried or hanged?
(a) To be alone.
(b) To not be anything.
(c) To be rich.
(d) To be unhappy.

5. What is John's last name?
(a) Bartram.
(b) Firestone.
(c) Lewis.
(d) Marcher.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does John say he has never been for a moment in his life in Chapter 2?

3. In what city do May and John meet up in for their visits in Chapter 2?

4. Other than when May takes her aunt to town, what is the other occasion in which John is able to see her during their visits in Chapter 2?

5. What does May ask John is in question for her after they begin discussing his secret near the beginning of Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John describe the events that led to May receiving property from a deceased relative in Chapter 2?

2. How does John describe the nature of his and May's friendship in Chapter 2?

3. What is the nature of May and John's discussion regarding "the thing" near the end of Chapter 1?

4. How is the setting of John and May's conversation in the house after the luncheon described in Chapter 1?

5. How is May's funeral described in Chapter 5?

6. What is John's reaction after seeing the other man in the cemetery in Chapter 6?

7. In what way does John say the "Beast" had "sprung" near the end of Chapter 6?

8. How does John describe the day he visited May for her birthday in Chapter 2?

9. What is the nature of May and John's outings in London as described in Chapter 2?

10. How does the narrator describe the speech between John and May at the beginning of Chapter 1?

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