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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 kind of failure does the narrator say a "drop of dignity under the shadow" would become in Chapter 3?
(a) Insane.
(b) Silly.
(c) Horrible.
(d) Grotesque.

2. In what way does John refer to May's waiting on telling him the nature of his secret as in Chapter 3?
(a) Vain.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Vile.
(d) Horrible.

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

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?
(a) When she picked up groceries.
(b) When she shopped for food.
(c) When she took out the trash.
(d) When she visited friends.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say was the character of the only things that passed between May and John at the beginning of Chapter 3?

2. What is May's last name?

3. What does John say is the one desire he has left at the end of Chapter 4?

4. What does John attribute as the reason for May being named the successor of her aunt's estate?

5. Which of the following attributes does John say about May regarding her interest in his secret in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the interaction between John and May when he believes she is not telling him something regarding the "Beast" at the end of Chapter 2.

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

3. What is John's opinion of marrying May?

4. What does John say had become his occupation near the end of Chapter 5?

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

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

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

8. How does John describe his "illumination" in regards to his secret in Chapter 6?

9. 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.

10. What is the nature of John's realization in regards to passion in Chapter 6?

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