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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 available by the hour.
(d) It is a luxury hotel.

2. What does Parkis tell Bendrix the Miles' maid was unable to collect for him?
(a) Letters from Sarah.
(b) Mail sent to Sarah.
(c) Sarah's diary.
(d) Sarah's date book.

3. Where does Bendrix take Sarah on their first "date"?
(a) To the theatre.
(b) To a reading from one of his books.
(c) To a museum.
(d) To a movie adaptation of one of his books.

4. What project is Henry working on the night Bendrix and Sarah begin their affair?
(a) Widows' pensions.
(b) Liberals in Wales.
(c) Window replacements.
(d) A Council hearing.

5. What does Bendrix see in the newspaper that sparks his desire for Sarah?
(a) An article about adultery.
(b) A picture of Sarah alone at a movie premiere.
(c) A picture of Henry and her at a movie premiere.
(d) An article about Henry's job promotion.

6. Who is the Maurice that Sarah refers to in her diary?
(a) A colleague of Henry's.
(b) Bendrix.
(c) Parkis.
(d) Henry.

7. Why does Bendrix think Henry asks him to dine at his club instead of Bendrix's?
(a) Henry does not want to be in the presence of the journalists at Bendrix's club.
(b) Henry likes the wine at his club better than Bendrix's.
(c) Henry doesn't want to feel obligated by receiving a free meal.
(d) Henry wants to be seen in his club with a famous author.

8. Why does Bendrix want to take Parkis' son with him when he visits Smythe?
(a) Bendrix believes the boy has better investigative skills than he does.
(b) Bendrix wants the boy to observe Smythe for a report.
(c) Bendrix wants the boy to pose as Sarah's son to gain entrance into the home.
(d) Bendrix wants the boy to pose as his sick son to gain entrance into the home.

9. What image does Sarah use to refer to a place where there is no love?
(a) A mine field.
(b) A desert.
(c) A war.
(d) A train.

10. What does Sarah promise God she will do if He spares Bendrix's life?
(a) She will leave him (Bendrix).
(b) She will go to church.
(c) She will divorce Henry.
(d) She will devote her life to Christianity.

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

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

13. Why does Bendrix rush out of his club at the start of this chapter?
(a) He wants to catch Sarah before Henry gets to her.
(b) He is embarrassed by what he had done to Henry.
(c) He is trying to catch Henry who left the club upset.
(d) He want to find Parkis immediately.

14. Who was responsible for facilitating Bendrix and Sarah's first night of intimacy (in Bendrix's opinion)?
(a) Parkis.
(b) Lewis, the Liberal from Wales.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Henry.

15. Who does Sarah notice for the first time while waiting on the Common for Bendrix?
(a) Richard Smythe.
(b) Henry.
(c) Parkis.
(d) Lance, Parkis' son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flavor of ice does Lance spill on his suit while he is with Bendrix?

2. Why is Parkis intent on Bendrix returning the letter from Sarah that he got from her maid?

3. What happens to the man with the small boy when Bendrix begins staring at him?

4. What does Bendrix tell Miss Smythe his name is?

5. Why does Henry go downstairs when he is sick?

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