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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David do while Catherine and Marita are on a day trip?

2. What does David do that makes the beautiful girl from the cafy blush?

3. What does David refuse to give up for the beautiful girl from the cafy?

4. What does Catherine order when she sees David with his friend in the cafy?

5. Where is Marita's room located?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Catherine force David to do when they stay in France again?

2. How does David feel about Catherine and the beautiful girl in Chapter 12, and what does he do about it?

3. What does Catherine say she misses in Chapter 6?

4. What happens when David and Catherine drink absinthe?

5. What does Catherine say when she meets up with David and his friend at the cafy in Chapter 7?

6. What does David do when he wakes up the morning after returning to the girls?

7. Why does Catherine go up to her room alone after David talks about the effects of absinthe?

8. How does David catch his sea bass?

9. How does David feel about Catherine's haircut?

10. What do David, Catherine, and Marita do when Catherine and Marita return from Nice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the relationship between the three lovers change throughout the course of the plot, and how do these changes affect the characters around them?

Essay Topic 2

Courage and fear are two attributes that are seen a number of times in this book. Where do they appear, and how do the presence of these feelings change the characters who are involved in these scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Power and greed are two common themes in this book. Where do they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

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