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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Edith, F., and the narrator lying at the beginning of Chapter 44 of "A History of Them All"?
(a) Under a tree.
(b) Underneath a sun lamp in their apartment.
(c) Under the stars.
(d) Under a tent.

2. What does F. say about men in A Long Letter from F.?
(a) They are sexually attractive.
(b) They smell bad.
(c) He desires to be with many.
(d) They shush the world.

3. In Chapter 50 of "A History of Them All", where does F. eventually visit the narrator?
(a) His tree house.
(b) His apartment.
(c) A tent.
(d) His dreams.

4. How much time elapses between Edith's suicide and when she tries to calm the narrator down in Chapter 44 of "A History of Them All"?
(a) A month.
(b) A week.
(c) Three days.
(d) Twelve hours.

5. What happens to the narrator at this event that F. forces him to go to?
(a) He kisses a man.
(b) A woman is extremely forward with him.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He rides a ferris wheel.

6. What is Edith's problem in "A Long Letter from F."?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She cannot reach her maximum pleasure.
(c) She hates the narrator.
(d) She wants to be with the narrator, but F. forbids it.

7. Who argues Catherine should be buried at her favorite prayer location by the river?
(a) Edith.
(b) Claude.
(c) Pierre.
(d) Pedro.

8. What does F. wake the narrator up for and drag him to in Chapter 47 of "A History of Them All"?
(a) A protest against religion.
(b) A protest against Queen Elizabeth.
(c) A party.
(d) A celebration of Catherine Tekakwitha.

9. Whom does Catherine appear to after her death and several other times as well in Chapter 22 of "A Long Letter from F."?
(a) Edith.
(b) Pierre.
(c) Claude.
(d) Pedro.

10. Who is Catherine's mistress?
(a) Edith.
(b) Tegaigetnta.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Anastesie.

11. Which of the following is not mentioned as a part of the book given to the narrator by F. in Chapter 52 of "A History of Them All"?
(a) Intimacy.
(b) Dry cleaners.
(c) Post offices.
(d) Barber shops.

12. What does the narrator do when Edith and F. are busy in Chapter 44?
(a) Makes a phone call.
(b) Has a sandwich.
(c) Rifles through Edith's drawers.
(d) Goes outside to smoke a cigarette.

13. What does Catherine's uncle ask of the individuals he calls upon?
(a) Which young hunter they will sleep with that night.
(b) Their weight.
(c) To tell him their secrets.
(d) Their ages.

14. Who comes and watches F. write in "A Long Letter from F."?
(a) Vooland Martyr.
(b) M.V.
(c) Mary Voolnd.
(d) Mary Queen of Scott.

15. Who are the head priests at the Mission ?
(a) Claudio and Pesto.
(b) Claude and Pierre.
(c) Claudette.
(d) Piedro.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does F. find in the woman who watches him write "A Long Letter from F."?

2. What is kept in the vile around the lady's neck who is saved from the brink of death by Catherine's crucifix?

3. What does the narrator pledge to F. in Chapter 50 of "A History of Them All"?

4. What type of English is the book given to the narrator by F. written in?

5. Where does the narrator leave in Chapter 44 of "A History of Them All"?

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