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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. What does the narrator wish F. had left him instead of his possessions?
(a) Edith's love.
(b) His vibrator.
(c) F.'s memories.
(d) A movie.

2. With what do F. and Edith bathe?
(a) A special soap made of human skin.
(b) Dove soap.
(c) Elephant tusk.
(d) Coconut juice.

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

4. 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) Dry cleaners.
(b) Barber shops.
(c) Post offices.
(d) Intimacy.

5. What is kept in the vile around the lady's neck who is saved from the brink of death by Catherine's crucifix?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Mud from her grave.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Holy water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does F. comment on in Chapter 18 in regards to Catherine's death from "A Long Letter from F."?

2. What is the narrator singing in F.'s tree house?

3. How does the narrator pray with in Chapter 52 of "A History of Them All"?

4. What does Lamberville, the priest, try to convince the dying person to do in Chapter 45 of "A History of Them All"?

5. What does F. do to Edith to help bring her to an maximum pleasure in "A Long Letter from F."?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Catherine's mistress and priest try to convince her of when she gets upriver?

2. What is the first miraculous event to have occurred after Catherine's death?

3. What happens to Catherine when she takes her oath of chastity?

4. Describe several instances of when Catherine healed or saved the sick or injured.

5. What is Catherine's ailing uncle's final request of the women in the village?

6. What does the Argentine waiter do with Edith and F. at the hotel in "A Long Letter from F"?

7. What does the narrator do in Chapter 52 at the end of "The History of Them All"?

8. What does F. tell the narrator when he visits him in a dream in Chapter 50 of "The History of Them All"?

9. Describe the scene with the Danish vibrator.

10. Who is Catherine's best friend at the village? From what does she suffer?

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