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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Henry go early one morning that surprises Bendrix?
(a) To have breakfast with Father Crompton.
(b) To the home of a woman he is romantically involved with.
(c) To hear the mass Father Crompton gives for Sarah.
(d) To work.

2. What arrives at Henry's home while he and Bendrix are dining with Father Crompton?
(a) Notification that Lance, Parkis' son, has died.
(b) An angry letter from Parkis.
(c) A bill from Parkis.
(d) A book Henry had given to Parkis for his son.

3. What favor does Henry ask of Bendrix?
(a) To never speak of Sarah again.
(b) To move in with him.
(c) To meet him for dinner at his club from time to time.
(d) To contact Sarah's mother.

4. Why does Sarah go to the Portrait Gallery after lunch with Bendrix?
(a) To calm herself down.
(b) To cry without anyone seeing her.
(c) To meet Henry.
(d) To visit Bendrix's favorite paintings.

5. How does Bendrix characterize information that Sarah was baptized a Catholic?
(a) As a coincidence.
(b) As divine intervention.
(c) As an unfortunate truth.
(d) As a lie.

6. Who does Henry tell Bendrix arrived at his office unexpectedly?
(a) Sarah's sister.
(b) Richard Smythe.
(c) Parkis.
(d) Sarah's mother.

7. Who unexpectedly comes to visit Henry after Sarah's death?
(a) Richard Smythe.
(b) Bendrix.
(c) Parkis.
(d) A priest.

8. What reason does Smythe give Bendrix for no longer speaking on the Common?
(a) He is unsure of his religious beliefs.
(b) He has renounced his faith.
(c) He is focusing only on home tutorials.
(d) He has been cured of his skin ailment.

9. Why does Sarah write a letter to Henry?
(a) To explain her love for him.
(b) To tell him she is in love with Richard Smythe.
(c) To tell him she is leaving him for Bendrix.
(d) To confess her affair with Bendrix.

10. Why does Bendrix conclude that Sarah never read the collection of Thomas Hood poems he finds in her cupboard?
(a) The pages are clean.
(b) He knows Sarah disliked poetry.
(c) The binding is not broken.
(d) The book is sealed in plastic.

11. What does Henry give Sarah as a "peace present"?
(a) A new purse.
(b) A divorce.
(c) A trip to the beach.
(d) A new watch.

12. What does Father Crompton promise to do for Sarah?
(a) Remember her in his daily masses.
(b) Pray for her salvation.
(c) Ensure she will have a Catholic burial.
(d) Absolve her of her sins.

13. Why is Waterbury surprised when Sylvia offers to escort Bendrix to Sarah's funeral?
(a) It is Wednesday and she usually visits her mother on Thursdays.
(b) It is Tuesday and she usually visits her mother on Wednesdays.
(c) Sylvia is under contract to work only with Waterbury.
(d) Waterbury is jealous that Sylvia is attracted to Bendrix.

14. Which of the following does NOT happen to Sarah while she is out walking late at night?
(a) She begins to feel love for God.
(b) She becomes soaked with rain.
(c) She remembers her last night with Bendrix.
(d) She runs into Bendrix.

15. What does Smythe first tell Bendrix cured him of his skin ailment?
(a) Sarah's kiss.
(b) An operation.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Urticaria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bendrix notice in the margins of Sarah's copy of 'Last Expedition'?

2. Where does Bendrix suggest he and Sarah go away to when she leaves Henry?

3. Why does Father Compton believe Sarah should have a Catholic burial?

4. What about Richard Smythe does Sarah find beautiful?

5. Why does Father Crompton say any prayer is better than none?

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