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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. Finish this sentence: "There have been days when I though you were, only of course, there have been days when we have thought almost _______."
2. What does John say May's whole attitude was in Chapter 2?
3. What does John say was the reason he was at the house in Chapter 1?
4. What "invoked, invited, encouraged, could give them, naturally, no more than it had?"
5. What does the narrator say John kept up and felt very decently about in Chapter 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator say the guests of the luncheon do after they have finished eating near the beginning of Chapter 1?
2. What reasons does John give for taking May to the opera at the beginning of Chapter 3?
3. How does John describe seeing the Beast and how does he react to this at the end of Chapter 6?
4. What type of things does the narrator describe May does with the guests of the luncheon in Chapter 1?
5. How does John describe the day he visited May for her birthday in Chapter 2?
6. How is the setting of John and May's conversation in the house after the luncheon described in Chapter 1?
7. What is the nature of May's speech to John after he asks if the reveal of his secret had passed him by in Chapter 5?
8. What is John's reaction after seeing the other man in the cemetery in Chapter 6?
9. What does John do after he is turned away at May's house at the beginning of Chapter 5?
10. How does John react after learning of May's illness in Chapter 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the nature of the scenery in the book. What tone might the author have been hoping to set with the scenery in the book?
Essay Topic 2
Examine John's role as the watcher in the book. What downfalls came from this role? What purpose does the author have for presenting John in such a role?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the role of grief in the book. What does grief represent to the characters in the book?
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