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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 long does the young wife say the desk is?
(a) One kilometer
(b) Six foot
(c) Two meters
(d) Half a mile

2. What does the young wife decide to have for lunch?
(a) Fowl in cream
(b) Sausage and beans
(c) Turkey
(d) Avocado and shrimp

3. What does the young wife do after breakfast?
(a) Goes for a walk
(b) Settles down to her piano
(c) Goes for a swim
(d) Cries

4. What cryptic word is scrawled on the Tristan score?
(a) After...
(b) Soon
(c) Until...
(d) Yes

5. How long has her husband's forefather's ruled the coast?
(a) Ten years
(b) Eight centuries
(c) Ten centuries
(d) Three centuries

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the husband call his wife when he sees her looking at his books?

2. What won't the husband let his wife take off?

3. What flower does the young wife compare her husband to?

4. What does the young wife say when the mother ask if she is sure she loves him?

5. What opera had the young wife heard her husband's first wife sing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the young girl.

2. What is the significance of the key leaving a bloody heart on the young wife's forehead?

3. How does the Marquis seduce the young wife?

4. In what ways has the young wife grown up in a short space of time?

5. Describe the castle setting.

6. What is the girl's reaction to seeing her husband's pornography?

7. How can this novella be classed as a work of magic realism?

8. How does Carter use color in the novella?

9. Why does the young wife show little surprise that her mother is riding across the beach to save her?

10. Why does the husband looking at his wife 'like horse flesh' take her breath away?

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