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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. What was thrown through the Holsteins' window?
(a) A brick.
(b) A metal rod.
(c) A stone.
(d) A block of ice.

2. What is the name of Charlie's wife?
(a) Rae.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Rose.

3. What is Sophie distracted about while she and her husband head to the Holsteins' house?
(a) Her modest dress.
(b) Her headache.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her wound.

4. What kind of shot does Otto think Sophie needs when he sees her hand?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Tetanus.
(c) Rabies.
(d) Polio.

5. What does Charlie say Sophie is enslaved by?
(a) Longing.
(b) Domicility.
(c) Introspection.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Bentwoods doing at the beginning of the book?

2. Where does Charlie get into a public argument?

3. What time does Sophie wake up after the party?

4. What is Francis's occupation?

5. What did Sophie purchase at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sophie feel when she and Francis first touch?

2. Why did Sophie feel so rushed to get home while she is out alone with Charlie?

3. How do Francis and Sophie communicate during their affair?

4. Why does Sophie finally confess to her husband about the bite from the cat? What is his reaction?

5. Why did Sophie tell Charlie she had not seen a doctor about her hand yet?

6. What does Charlie complain to Sophie about Bobby?

7. What does Sophie hear when Otto goes back to sleep after being woken up at 3:00 am?

8. How do Sophie and Otto feel about Flo?

9. What did Sophie do when the cat bit her? Why?

10. What does Sophie do when Otto complains about Charlie at the beginning of the book?

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