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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In this attack that David instigates, who comes to the rescue of the recipient of David's attack?
(a) Petrus.
(b) Bev.
(c) Pollux.
(d) Lucy.

2. Who or what is it that particularly enjoys David's new past time?
(a) David's dog.
(b) Petrus.
(c) Bev.
(d) David's new assistant.

3. Who it that insists to David that Petrus is a good man?
(a) Bill Shaw.
(b) Bev Shaw.
(c) Ettinger.
(d) Helen.

4. What is it that David urges Petrus to do on this evening?
(a) Call the police.
(b) Take care of the animals.
(c) Introduce him to potential voters.
(d) Ask people to make less noise.

5. As David concludes his walk and is walking back to the farm, who does he physically attack?
(a) Petrus.
(b) Pollux.
(c) Ryan.
(d) A policeman who is there for questioning.

6. When the fight between David and the other person is over, what does Lucy ask of David?
(a) To take over for her at the stalls.
(b) To apologize to the person he attacked.
(c) To pack his bags and leave her house.
(d) To go into the house and rest.

7. Who is Desiree?
(a) Melanie Isaac's mother.
(b) Melanie Isaac's sister.
(c) Melanie Isaac's new roommate.
(d) Melanie Isaac's nurse.

8. When David needs his bandages changed, who changes them?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Bev Shaw.
(c) Petrus.
(d) Bill Shaw.

9. Shortly after Lucy and David arrive at Petrus's event, why does Lucy want to leave?
(a) She feels that David is being too forward with women.
(b) She feels awkward around Petrus's wife.
(c) She is too depressed to be around people.
(d) She recognizes the rapists are there.

10. Later during the day of this ride back from trying to get David's car, David and Lucy communicate again about their difference of opinion regarding Lucy's staying on the farm. What is their method of communication at this time?
(a) Phone calls.
(b) Letters to each other.
(c) E-mails.
(d) Shouting from room to room.

11. What does Mr. Isaac say he will not do for David?
(a) Mr. Isaac says that he will not forgive David.
(b) Mr. Isaac says that he will not speak on his behalf to a new school
(c) Mr. Isaac says that he will not try to get David reinstated at the University.
(d) Mr. Isaac says that he will not let Melanie communicate with him.

12. Who is Katy?
(a) David's land lady.
(b) An owner of one of the dogs who recognizes David from the clinic.
(c) David's new love interest.
(d) David's dog.

13. At the meeting between Rosalind and David, something about his appearance makes her "shudder." What is it?
(a) His worn-out shoes.
(b) His misshapen ear.
(c) His fingernails.
(d) His scruffy beard.

14. It is clear that Bev knows of David's past. About what does she know a great deal?
(a) His ex-wives.
(b) His lectures.
(c) His affairs with women.
(d) His writings about Byron.

15. When David is watching an unaware Lucy, what does the sight of her suggest to him that she is becoming?
(a) A spinster.
(b) A peasant.
(c) A hippie.
(d) An old maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. When David returns to the town where the University is, how long has he been gone?

2. What is Mr. Isaac's occupation?

3. After the police visit the farm, why does David spend the morning digging a large hole?

4. What action of Petrus frustrates David as Petrus prepares for the upcoming event.

5. Which character in the final chapter says, "I am determined to be a good person. You should try to be a good person too?"

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