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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what is the Pal notable?
(a) Wearing only purple clothes.
(b) Entertaining in her opium den.
(c) Dying her hair pink.
(d) Wearing men's shoes.

2. How does Cheri know that Edmee is going to bed?
(a) He watches the lights in the house go out.
(b) She is putting on night cream.
(c) She is yawning uncontrollably.
(d) She is having chamomile tea.

3. What does Madame Peloux determine is Cheri's real problem that makes him so cranky?
(a) He misses his gigolo life.
(b) He no longer loves Edmee.
(c) He has too many war memories.
(d) He needs to travel more.

4. From the window in which room does Lea watch Cheri leave?
(a) Dining room.
(b) Parlor.
(c) Sunroom.
(d) Bedroom.

5. What does Cheri surmise Lea's mood to be when he visits?
(a) Happy.
(b) Confused.
(c) Exuberant.
(d) Morose.

6. Who does Cheri decide to visit at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) The Pal.
(b) Desmond.
(c) Lea.
(d) Dr. Arnaud.

7. How can Edmee's demeanor best be characterized now?
(a) Assertive.
(b) Sullen.
(c) Exuberant.
(d) Submissive.

8. Who does Cheri meet in a bar a couple weeks after seeing Lea again?
(a) Desmond.
(b) Lea.
(c) The Pal.
(d) Patron.

9. What is the literary technique in which Lea's actions do not support her statements about her advancing age?
(a) Irony.
(b) Simile.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Metaphor.

10. In what season of the year does Cheri leave Lea for the last time?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Fall.
(d) Spring.

11. Why does Cheri tell Lea he must leave?
(a) To see a dentist.
(b) To buy her some pearls.
(c) To return to Edmee.
(d) To keep a business appointment.

12. How much time has passed between the novellas, CHERI and THE LAST OF CHERI?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) Six years.
(d) Six days.

13. What are Cheri's feelings about Lea in the morning light?
(a) He is as crazy about her as ever.
(b) He does not think their relationship can continue.
(c) He does not know what he ever saw in her.
(d) He wants to divorce his wife and marry her.

14. What is Lea doing when Cheri awakens the next morning?
(a) Writing at her desk.
(b) Taking a bath.
(c) Dressing.
(d) Eating breakfast.

15. What has Lea been formulating while Cheri slept?
(a) Plans for a new house.
(b) Plans for their life together.
(c) A party invitation list.
(d) A travel itinerary.

Short Answer Questions

1. In order to fill her time, Lea toys with the idea of opening a shop or ____________.

2. What makes Lea think that Cheri may be reconsidering his decision to leave?

3. How does Cheri try to communicate with Lea?

4. To whom has Edmee become attracted?

5. What does Cheri buy to take the edge off his boredom?

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