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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 does David do with everything he has written on the first day he tries to write after his stories have been burned?
(a) Crosses it out.
(b) Eats it.
(c) Burns it.
(d) Shreds it.

2. How does Madame feel about David's love triangle?
(a) She is oblivious.
(b) She approves.
(c) She is disgusted.
(d) She is not surprised.

3. Who convinces David to dismiss his threat after confronting Catherine about showing Marita the manuscript?
(a) His publisher.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Davy.
(d) Marita.

4. What does Marita think of the elephant story when she reads it?
(a) She is frightened by it.
(b) She loves it.
(c) She is confused by it.
(d) She hates it.

5. How does David view his writing in Chapter 17?
(a) A refuge.
(b) Terrifying.
(c) Chaotic.
(d) Exciting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David think is wrong with Catherine?

2. How long has David been writing in Chapter 17?

3. How does David view his life in Chapter 17?

4. How does Catherine travel to Paris?

5. What does Catherine do while David and Marita are alone and speaking about her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Catherine say when David and Marita come home from celebrating the completion of the elephant story?

2. What is different when David wakes up in the last chapter?

3. What does Catherine say that makes David uncomfortable in Chapter 17?

4. What does Madame tell David after his short stories have been destroyed?

5. What does Davy do on the hunt that makes his father proud of him?

6. What does Catherine do when she comes into the house in Chapter 20?

7. What does Marita say she wants David to do every day after Catherine has gone for good?

8. What do David and Marita talk about after David writes about the skeleton of the female elephant?

9. What does Catherine do when she reads the David's first short story?

10. What does Catherine ask David to do after he writes the part about Davy on the hunt, and what is his response?

(see the answer keys)

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