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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. How does Mikey feel when he thinks about Kate naked?
(a) He feels excitement.
(b) He feels disgust.
(c) He feels confusion.
(d) He feels boredom.

2. Which of the following is NOT a subject Mikey is concerned with in his conversations with Kate.
(a) The past.
(b) Kate's family.
(c) Kate's work.
(d) His parents.

3. What color is the settee in Lydia's living room?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Lilac.
(c) Pink.
(d) White.

4. What is the name of Mikey's sister?
(a) Miriam.
(b) Mireille.
(c) Marybelle.
(d) Martha.

5. Where did Kate's lover, Marguerite, used to live before returning to Kate's home?
(a) South America.
(b) North America.
(c) Europe.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Lydia's foot was cut in her injuries?

2. From which religion is the blue Ali stone Mikey has collected?

3. How did Silas's father die?

4. How does Lydia know that her letter from Toronto has been intercepted?

5. How does Mikey's sister react when he secretly phones her to catch up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kate react to Mikey while she is staying with him?

2. What unusual event happens when Silas is at the grocery store at the opening of the novel?

3. What memories does Silas have of his father, and his father dying?

4. Why can't Gracie sleep at night?

5. How does Silas react to seeing Lydia's injuries after she steps on the broken glass?

6. What happened at a dinner party, which outraged Lydia so much that she never wanted Kate near Mikey again?

7. What is "Playing Gandhi"?

8. What does Silas think about as he is driving home from the hospital after refusing medical care?

9. What is Mikey's reaction to reading that he is the product of a rape in his mother's diary?

10. As an adult looking back, how does Mikey describe his relationship with his mother as a child?

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