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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator nearly run the car off the road?
(a) He was in mid chant.
(b) He fell asleep.
(c) He is pleasuring himself.
(d) He was texting on his phone.

2. 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) Sing.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Chant.

3. What does F. go on a tirade about in Chapter 6 of "A History of Them All"?
(a) The narrator's sex life.
(b) The narrator relating the Greeks to the Indians.
(c) He wants Edith back.
(d) He wants more affection from the narrator.

4. Who is tending to Catherine in Chapter 16 of "A History of Them All"?
(a) Her dad.
(b) Her aunts.
(c) Her cousins.
(d) Her mom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine Tekakwitha make at her family's new home?

2. What body part does the narrator think about of Edith's in Chapter 12 of "A History of Them All"?

3. What does F. suggest to the narrator in Chapter 12 of "A History of Them All"?

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

5. What does the narrator yearn for in Chapter 33 of "A History of Them All"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator remember about Edith in Chapter 7 of "The History of Them All"?

2. What happens at the French banquet that Catherine attends in Chapter 42 of "The History of Them All"?

3. What motivates the narrator to turn to Catherine Tekakwitha when he is in agony over the deaths of F. and Edith?

4. Describe the telephone game.

5. How does the uncle feel about his tribe by the middle of the novel?

6. What does F. buy in Chapter 14 of "The History of Them All"?

7. What has happened to the condition of the narrator by Chapter 25 in "The History of Them All"?

8. How does the narrator feel about the group of men who raped Edith?

9. How is the red wine spilling on the table cloth disruptive like Catherine's own presence?

10. What role does F. play in the love triangle of Edith, the narrator, and himself?

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