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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what did Lancelot do regarding the girl next door the day before the Chapter begins?
(a) Punched her.
(b) Wrote her a love letter.
(c) Went to see her.
(d) Tapped on her wall.

2. Who did Lancelot call for after he returned home for lunch?
(a) Tex.
(b) Margot.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Elgin.

3. What did Lancelot usually do after dinner and saying goodnight to the person?
(a) Read to his daughter.
(b) Settled down to watch the evening news.
(c) Worked on writing a book.
(d) Wandered around the house.

4. When does Lancelot begin to regain his memory?
(a) When he kills his mother.
(b) When he steps into the hallway to meet with the nurse.
(c) When he meets with an old childhood friend in his room.
(d) When he meets with the priest.

5. What did Lancelot pick up from the desk that needed his signature on the day he found out about his wife's infidelity?
(a) His daughter's college application.
(b) His daughter's camp application.
(c) His daughter's elementary school application.
(d) His daughter's day care application.

6. Who did Lancelot try to speak with yesterday through a complicated knocking system?
(a) His friend in prison.
(b) The girl in the room next to his.
(c) The man in prison.
(d) The woman who lived in the castle next door.

7. What does Lancelot admit to his friend at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Lancelot was actually interested in all Elgin's information.
(b) Lancelot shouldn't have sent Elgin to the hotel.
(c) Lancelot may have been wrong about Margot.
(d) Lancelot missed Margot.

8. In Chapter 3, what time does Elgin say the group of people returned to Belle Isle?
(a) After ten.
(b) After six.
(c) After three.
(d) After midnight.

9. In truth, who was the Grand Kleagle?
(a) An enemy of Lancelot's from school.
(b) A cousin of Lancelot's from his childhood home.
(c) An enemy of Lancelot from his childhood home.
(d) A friend of Lancelot's from school.

10. What was Lancelot doing when he learned of his wife's infidelity?
(a) Signing paperwork.
(b) Reading a book.
(c) Shooting pigeons.
(d) Drinking scotch at the bar.

11. Who does Lancelot welcome in a meeting in Chapter 1?
(a) A priest.
(b) The ghost of his first wife.
(c) His mother.
(d) An old childhood friend.

12. In Chapter 3, Lancelot pauses in his story to say his occupation had once been what?
(a) A city doctor.
(b) A rural doctor.
(c) An attorney who fought for civil rights.
(d) An attorney who fought for landowner's rights.

13. Who is Elgin?
(a) Lancelot's best friend.
(b) Son of the family's long time servants.
(c) Son of Lancelot's uncle.
(d) Son of Lancelot's best friend.

14. Where is Lancelot at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) At school.
(b) In a mental institute.
(c) At the home of his childhood friend.
(d) At his home in the south.

15. In Chapter 5, returning to his story, Lancelot talks about another dinner centering around what topic?
(a) The importance of location in film.
(b) The people in film.
(c) The history of film.
(d) The semiotics of film.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lancelot's wife doing the summer his daughter was conceived?

2. Who did Lancelot see his wife flirting with after dinner?

3. After dinner, Lancelot checked in again on his daughter and ignored what, once again?

4. Who did Elgin report was also at the hotel that night?

5. In Chapter 2, what is the name of Lancelot's friend?

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