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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Henry go downstairs when he is sick?
(a) He wants to speak to Sarah.
(b) He wants to get a hot water bottle.
(c) He knows Bendrix will be there.
(d) He is fixing himself lunch.

2. Why is Bendrix excused from military service during the war?
(a) He has one leg that is shorter than the other.
(b) He signs up for civil duty.
(c) Henry pulls strings for him at the Department of Home Security.
(d) He is a writer and writers are exempt from service.

3. Where does Parkis say Sarah went after having lunch with Bendrix?
(a) To a bar.
(b) Home.
(c) A Episcopal church.
(d) A Roman Catholic church.

4. What does Sarah confess to Bendrix while they are eating sandwiches in her living room?
(a) Henry is sexually impotent.
(b) She loves him more than she has ever loved anyone before.
(c) She wants to marry Bendrix.
(d) She has never loved Henry.

5. How does Sarah expect Bendrix to react when she arrives late to meet him one afternoon?
(a) She expects he would not have waited for her.
(b) She expects him to be understanding.
(c) She expects him to be angry.
(d) She expects he will be disappointed.

6. Who lives in the apartment Sarah has been visiting at 16 Cedar Road?
(a) Bendrix.
(b) Mr. Smythe and his sister.
(c) One of Henry's colleagues.
(d) Parkis.

7. Who does Mr. Savage say will be the most help to his investigator?
(a) The Miles' maid.
(b) Henry.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Bendrix.

8. How did Bendrix originally meet Sarah?
(a) He met her at a party.
(b) He was researching the life of a Minister's wife.
(c) He was researching Henry's profession for a book.
(d) He met her in a bar.

9. What event does Bendrix first look for in Sarah's diary?
(a) The day they met.
(b) The first time they had sex.
(c) The end of their affair.
(d) Their first date.

10. Why does Bendrix skip over many of the entries in Sarah's diary?
(a) It still hurts him to hear of her time with Henry.
(b) It hurts him to know she loved him.
(c) He doesn't care about the times she wasn't with him.
(d) He does not want to know about her other romantic affairs.

11. Who does Sarah ask for peace to come to in the first diary entry Bendrix reads?
(a) Parkis.
(b) Henry.
(c) Herself.
(d) Bendrix.

12. What does Bendrix encourage Henry to do with Parkis' reports?
(a) Read them to discover Sarah's affair.
(b) Confront Sarah with them.
(c) Burn them.
(d) Save them in case he decides to divorce Sarah.

13. Why do Sarah and Bendrix choose the Bristol hotel?
(a) The manager does not ask questions of them.
(b) They can pretend to be married there.
(c) It is a luxury hotel.
(d) It is available by the hour.

14. What does Sarah do with the letter Bendrix sends to her after she leaves him?
(a) She gives it to Henry.
(b) She tears it up.
(c) She burns it.
(d) She opens it and reads it.

15. Who does Bendrix believe Mr. Smythe to be?
(a) Sarah's spiritual advisor.
(b) Sarah's lover.
(c) A Catholic priest.
(d) A colleague of Henry's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bendrix pretend to be looking for when he arrives at the Smythes' apartment?

2. What do Sarah and Bendrix do while Henry has his lunch tray in bed?

3. What "stranger's influence" does Bendrix think Sarah is under when she breaks off their relationship?

4. What was the first thing Bendrix noticed about Sarah at the party where they met?

5. According to Sarah's maid, why doesn't Sarah contact Bendrix after the night when the V1 hits his apartment building?

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