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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John say he might have tasted with every sauce?

2. What quality of May's does John claim she has "finer" than him?

3. What does May say was the "incident" that caused her to "seek refuge" when she had met the narrator for the first time?

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

5. What is John's last name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does May respond when John asks if she thinks he is afraid near the end of Chapter 2?

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

7. How does John react towards May when she asks him if he remembers the nature of their conversation the first time they met in Italy?

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

9. How does May say John described his secret to her when they first met?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the nature of May's eyes in the book. What might her eyes be representative of to John?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the concept of fate in the book. What does fate represent to the characters of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the separation of John and May in Chapter 4. What significance does this separation hold?

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