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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. Why does Desmond not have time to spend with Cheri anymore?
(a) He has to look for a job.
(b) His girlfriend does not permit it.
(c) He has a wife and family now.
(d) His business takes all his time.

2. What does Cheri notice about Edmee?
(a) She has become attracted to another man.
(b) She is morose.
(c) She is even more beautiful than the day he married her.
(d) She is pregnant.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cheri best characterize Edmee?

2. What has Lea been formulating while Cheri slept?

3. Who does Madame Peloux make an appointment to see?

4. Lea reasons that two pastimes she could take up are knitting and _____________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Cheri feels shut out of his marriage and even alienated from Madame Peloux?

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

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

4. How do Cheri and Lea view each other now?

5. What does Cheri purchase in order to provide some amusement in his life?

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

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

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

9. What is the irony of Madame Peloux's understanding that Cheri needs Lea at this point in his life?

10. What is the state of Cheri's mood at the beginning of Chapter 6 in THE LAST OF CHERI?

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