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

2. When do the final entries of Sarah's diary take place?
(a) The days after her affair with Bendrix ended.
(b) During her affair with Bendrix.
(c) Prior to her affair with Bendrix.
(d) Two years after her affair with Bendrix ended.

3. What does Henry eat for lunch at the club while dining with Bendrix?
(a) Steak and onions.
(b) A sandwich.
(c) Wiener Schnitzel.
(d) A Vienna steak.

4. Who was responsible for writing the report Parkis gives to Bendrix?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Parkis' son.
(c) Parkis.
(d) Mr. Savage.

5. Why is Henry surprised when Bendrix tells him he must return home after refusing a drink?
(a) Bendrix has never declined to have a drink with Henry.
(b) Bendrix told Henry he has to work and Henry believed Bendrix only wrote in the mornings.
(c) Bendrix and Sarah are acting suspiciously.
(d) Bendrix had just arrived at the Miles' home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion does Richard Smythe preach?

2. What does Bendrix tell Henry is the only thing Sarah could do with him that she couldn't with her husband?

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

4. Who does Bendrix see Sarah kissing when he and Henry return from their walk?

5. Where does Parkis say in his report that he followed Sarah to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Henry react when he finds Sarah and Bendrix in the living room after coming home late one evening?

2. Why doesn't Sarah want to give up drinking as she gave up Bendrix?

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

4. How does Sylvia indicate her attraction to Bendrix?

5. Why does Bendrix begin to doubt that his story is one of hatred in this chapter?

6. According to Bendrix, why did Sarah end their affair?

7. What promise does Sarah make to God if He will return Bendrix to life?

8. What memory does the recital program Bendrix finds in one of Sarah's books bring back?

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

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

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