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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. Lea thinks that ____________ should sort out a divorce between Cheri and Edmee.
(a) Patron.
(b) Madame Peloux.
(c) Cheri.
(d) Lea.

2. What color are Lea's eyes?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Hazel.

3. What topic does Cheri confront his mother on one night when he is feeling especially irritable?
(a) Her and Edmee making financial decisions without consulting him.
(b) Her decision to buy a house next to his.
(c) Cutting him out of her will.
(d) Encouraging Edmee to take a lover.

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

5. What does Lea rationalize is over for her?
(a) The days of drinking champagne.
(b) The days of eating spicy food.
(c) The days of hosting big parties.
(d) The days of attracting younger men.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can Edmee's demeanor best be characterized now?

2. What does Edmee do while Cheri sleeps?

3. What does Cheri drink while talking to the Pal?

4. For how many years have Cheri and Edmee been married at this point?

5. Which of the following is NOT true about Lea's appearance when Cheri sees her again?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lea respond when Cheri tells her he must return to his wife?

2. How does the author use irony at the end of CHERI when Lea tells Cheri to leave?

3. How do Lea and Cheri finally reunite?

4. How are Cheri and Edmee at odds over Edmee's charity work?

5. How do Lea's pearls, once an object of pleasure for Cheri, now repulse him?

6. How many years have passed since the end of CHERI and the beginning of THE LAST OF CHERI?

7. Why does Desmond grow weary of Cheri's aimless existence?

8. At this point, how long has it been since Cheri has seen Lea?

9. Why is Cheri so shocked when he finally visits Lea again?

10. After spending the night together, how do Lea's and Cheri's views of the relationship differ?

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