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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why has Latimer never told anyone his story?
(a) Alfred already told everyone Latimer's story.
(b) He doesn't want sympathy in life.
(c) He does not believe that humanity has sympathy for the living.
(d) He doesn't think anyone will believe it.

3. What does Latimer read in secret?
(a) Maps.
(b) Literature.
(c) Music books.
(d) Comics.

4. Why does Latimer shut himself in rooms alone?
(a) To dream of Bertha uninterrupted.
(b) To make plans to kill Alfred.
(c) To write about his death.
(d) To sabotage the wedding.

5. After his vision, who does Latimer ask to go find his father?
(a) Mrs. Filmore
(b) No one.
(c) Alfred.
(d) Pierre.

6. What does Latimer pray to stay with?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His wife.
(d) The unknown.

7. What causes Latimer's love interest to think that he loves her?
(a) Nothing, she has no clue.
(b) The poems that he writes for her.
(c) The songs that he sings to her.
(d) Him fainting the first time they met.

8. What time will Latimer begin to feel his impending death come?
(a) Noon.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Ten o'clock a.m.
(d) Ten o'clock p.m.

9. When Latimer's father is late for their shopping trip, Latimer has another vision. What does Latimer see in this vision?
(a) A city bathed in light by a rainbow.
(b) His mother, Mrs. Archer, and an older blonde woman.
(c) A storm with very strong winds and hail.
(d) His father, Mrs. Filmore, and a young blonde woman.

10. What is the affliction that the narrator suffers from?
(a) Psychosis.
(b) Brain Tumors.
(c) Depression.
(d) Angina Pectoris.

11. While at Basel, who does Latimer begin to hate more than anyone else?
(a) Alfred.
(b) Bertha.
(c) Pierre.
(d) His father.

12. Where is the narrator sitting during the last moments of life?
(a) On a swing on the front porch.
(b) On the bed.
(c) On a window seat.
(d) At a desk.

13. Who joins Latimer and the others at Basel?
(a) Mrs. Archer.
(b) His father.
(c) Bertha.
(d) Alfred.

14. Who comes to Switzerland to see Latimer during the end of his stay?
(a) His father.
(b) Mrs. Archer
(c) Bertha.
(d) Alfred.

15. Who is a poor orphan with a genius for medical studies and a passion for science?
(a) Alfred.
(b) Mrs. Archer.
(c) Charles Meunier.
(d) George Eliot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Latimer's new talent have no effect on?

2. What does Latimer buy Bertha for her birthday?

3. Who is Bertha Grant engaged to?

4. After Latimer's vision of Prague, what city does Latimer try to "see"?

5. What is the name of Latimer's older half-brother?

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