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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. What was the first thing Bendrix noticed about Sarah at the party where they met?
(a) Her devotion to Henry.
(b) Her beauty.
(c) Her happiness.
(d) Her smile.

2. Why does Bendrix turn to the end of Sarah's diary first?
(a) To determine why she still loves Henry.
(b) To determine who she is now having an affair with.
(c) To try and find an explanation for why she left him.
(d) To see why she ended the diary abruptly.

3. In Sarah's dream, what does she hear instead of Bendrix's voice?
(a) Richard Smythe's voice.
(b) The voice of God.
(c) A stranger's loud voice.
(d) Henry's voice.

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

5. Why is Bendrix focused on his newspaper when Sarah arrives at lunch?
(a) He is hiding from Parkis.
(b) He is trying to not attract attention.
(c) He is reading an interesting article.
(d) He does not want to watch the door.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry eat for lunch at the club while dining with Bendrix?

2. Why does Parkis ask Bendrix to write to Mr. Savage?

3. How did Bendrix originally meet Sarah?

4. What code word do Sarah and Bendrix use during their affair to refer to love and sex?

5. Who is the Maurice that Sarah refers to in her diary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ironic fact does Sarah's mother reveal to Bendrix as they having dinner? Why is this ironic?

2. What is unusual about Richard Smythe's appearance?

3. What does Waterbury see as the significance of Bendrix going to a funeral at Golders Green?

4. Why does Bendrix fear Henry will discover his affair with Sarah when the two make love in her living room?

5. Why is Henry shocked when Bendrix's friend tells him he "has been following the reports"?

6. What is the significance of Sarah remembering the scene in Bendrix's book involving onions?

7. Why doesn't Sarah rescue Bendrix when the door of his apartment building falls on him?

8. How does Sylvia indicate her attraction to Bendrix?

9. Why does Sarah vow to take what God loves most in her from Him?

10. What is Father Crompton's opinion of Sarah?

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