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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator begin to do incessantly in Chapter 25 of "A History of Them All"?
(a) Washes his hands.
(b) Sings.
(c) Break things in his apartment.
(d) Pleasures himself.

2. What does the narrator describe about Catherine Tekakwitha in Chapter 16 of "A History of Them All"?
(a) The day she became a woman.
(b) The day she was to give birth.
(c) The day she was to be married.
(d) The day she was to leave her village.

3. Where do Catherine Tekakwitha's family settle?
(a) North.
(b) A small village.
(c) By the ocean.
(d) South.

4. What does the narrator recall F. saying in Chapter 4 of "A History of Them All"?
(a) He is sexually charged.
(b) He wants to have sex with the narrator.
(c) He loves Edith.
(d) He longs to have sex with a saint.

5. What does F. begin to do as he and the narrator drive in Chapter 39 of "A History of Them All"?
(a) Pleasure himself.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Sing.
(d) Chant.

6. What does the narrator do in Chapter 23 of "A History of Them All"?
(a) Calls to F. and Edith.
(b) Says a prayer to God.
(c) Goes to church.
(d) Speaks incessently of Edith.

7. What does the priest tell Catherine in Chapter 37 of "A History of Them All"?
(a) Their way of life is coming to an end.
(b) She needs to bear his child.
(c) He loves her.
(d) He is gay himself.

8. What does the narrator think about to distract himself from his depressing reading in Chapter 12 of "A History of Them All"?
(a) Edith's lips lingering over his body.
(b) Edith's body.
(c) Being intimate with F.
(d) Being intimate with Catherine.

9. What does F. purchase from his previous employer in Chapter 14 of "A History of Them All"?
(a) His company.
(b) A book.
(c) A boat.
(d) A textile factory.

10. What is the writing style in Chapter 17 of "A History of Them All"?
(a) Germanic.
(b) A poem.
(c) A prayer.
(d) A haiku.

11. Who died in the asylum from syphilis?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Edith.
(c) Catherine Tekakwitha.
(d) F.

12. What does F. do with the narrator the night Edith dies?
(a) Gives him a massage.
(b) Sits with him and comforts him.
(c) Cooks for him
(d) Kisses the narrator.

13. What does the narrator yearn for in Chapter 33 of "A History of Them All"?
(a) Edith and F.
(b) Every religious medal possible.
(c) Intimacy.
(d) Relief from constipation.

14. Where are F. and the narrator driving to in the car scene?
(a) Quebec.
(b) Ottawa.
(c) Montreal.
(d) Ontario.

15. What does F. admit about the near death experience in the car?
(a) Edith was watching over them and protected them.
(b) He and Edith arranged it.
(c) It was sexually exciting.
(d) He wanted to die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say his profession is in Chapter 2 of "A History of Them All"?

2. The narrator has lost ____________.

3. What covers the narrator's apartment in Chapter 24 of "A History of Them All"?

4. What does F. chastise the narrator for in Chapter 9 of "A History of Them All"?

5. What does the narrator realize the purpose of the note from F. is in Chapter 30 of "A History of Them All"?

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