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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 question does May ask the narrator three times at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) "Has it passed?"
(b) "Is it soon?"
(c) "Are you ready?"
(d) "Are you afraid?"

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

3. In what city do May and John meet up in for their visits in Chapter 2?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Rome.
(d) Madrid.

4. What is the last name of the family May says she was staying with when she met the narrator?
(a) Williams.
(b) Brennan.
(c) Boyer.
(d) Johnston.

5. How does John claim May would feel if she gave up on discovering his secret before she dies in Chapter 3?
(a) It would kill her.
(b) It would haunt her.
(c) It would lacerate her.
(d) It would save her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish this sentence: "Yes, but since, as you say, I'm only, so far as people make out, _______."

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

3. When does John say his and May's friendship had "sprung into being" 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 is May's last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John describe seeing the Beast and how does he react to this at the end of Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does John describe May's nerves in Chapter 3?

8. How does John describe the nature of his and May's meeting at the beginning of Chapter 4?

9. What does John do after he is turned away at May's house at the beginning of Chapter 5?

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

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