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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. 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.

2. Who Is Teresa in the most recent version of his play?
(a) A sickly dog.
(b) A vengeful spinster.
(c) A young and beautiful woman.
(d) A middle-aged woman who cares for her father.

3. When David returns to the University town, where does he meet with Rosalind?
(a) At the park.
(b) At a coffee shop.
(c) In his office.
(d) At her office.

4. After the attack, what has happened to the books that David brought for research on his Byron project?
(a) They were burned.
(b) They were in his car that was stolen.
(c) They are gone and David suspects Petrus has stolen them.
(d) Bev has asked to borrow them.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom does David write a letter about the attack on the farm?

3. What literary reference doe David make after his meeting with Bev?

4. On what day of the week do Bev and David load the car with the dead dogs?

5. Who does David think of immediately after having been with Bev?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Lucy's banjo become for David?

2. When David rhetorically asks, "Against this new Petrus, what chance does Lucy stand?" what is his implied answer?

3. How might Lucy's and David's switching of bedrooms be construed as symbolic of some other switch between them?

4. Compare or contrast David's explanation of his punishment to Lucy's stance on staying on the farm.

5. David mentions that he has "never been given to lingering involvements" as he tries to figure out what is driving him to go see Melanie's play. What then motivates him to go?

6. Is David disappointed in himself by his agreement to meet Bev at the clinic for a tryst?

7. What might one make of David missing the ducks and the dogs?

8. What does David make of Lucy's claim that she only went to the police after the attack for insurance purposes?

9. What is one aspect of Lucy's argument to keep the child that is actually aligned with her early Mother Earth persona?

10. In Chapter 16, when David talks with Bev about his fear of Lucy living alone on the farm, he says he was there and knows what Lucy has been through. Bev responds that he was not there for her. How does David react to that claim?

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