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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Changes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Latimer's servants not answer his bell during his heart attack?
(a) They are choosing to ignore the bell.
(b) They are lovers and left the house arguing.
(c) They cannot hear from where they are.
(d) They hope he will die quicker if they do not respond.

2. Why was the narrator's childhood happy?
(a) Because the narrator's mother was dead.
(b) Because the narrator lived near the mountains.
(c) Because the narrator received a horse as a present.
(d) Because the narrator did not have supernatural powers yet.

3. What emotion does Eliot want readers to share with Latimer?
(a) His happiness.
(b) His pain.
(c) His joy.
(d) His love.

4. Where does Latimer's father take him everyday?
(a) To poetry readings.
(b) Riding.
(c) To the movies.
(d) To the doctor.

5. What happens to Latimer when his father is talking about the places they will go visit in the chapter, "Changes"?
(a) He has a seizure.
(b) He looks out the window.
(c) He gets a vision.
(d) He passes out.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator will die within what time period?

2. What is the purpose of the introduction?

3. Who does Latimer meet in Switzerland?

4. What subjects are private tutors hired to teach Latimer?

5. The first-person narrator and the main character of the story is _________.

(see the answer key)

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