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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does John visit the day he comes home from his travels?

2. What does the narrator say is "never baffled" in Chapter 6?

3. What rises to John's lips when he remembers May praying that he not know the true nature of his beast?

4. What age is the man that John sees in the cemetery mourning in Chapter 6?

5. What does John do after May tells him he will not suffer because of his secret?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of egotism in the book. What repercussions came from egotistic behavior? What might the author be saying about those possessing an egotistic outlook?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Examine the concept of fearing the unknown in the book.

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