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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What final piece of evidence does Latimer need to see before he decides if his visions are really true?
(a) The patch of rainbow light in the shape of a star on the pavement.
(b) The bridge and archway.
(c) The storm clouds.
(d) The row of trees and multi-colored birds.

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

3. At what age does Latimer go to Switzerland?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

4. What does Latimer remember Prague being like?
(a) A city that brings only fear and hatred.
(b) A patch of rainbow light on the pavement, transmitted through a colored lamp in the shape of a star.
(c) A cold and dark place.
(d) A long row of trees with muiti-colored birds in the branches.

5. Who is Bertha Grant engaged to?
(a) Latimer's father.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Mrs. Filmore's son.
(d) Latimer.

6. What affliction did the narrator suffer from as a child?
(a) Seizures.
(b) Headaches.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Hemophilia.

7. Whose birthday gifts does Latimer see Bertha wear to dinner?
(a) No ones gifts.
(b) Everyones but Alfred's.
(c) Everyones but his.
(d) Only his gift.

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

9. What happens when his father begins to speak during Latimer's second vision?
(a) Latimer faints.
(b) His mother comes back to life.
(c) Everyone disappears.
(d) Everyone dies.

10. How does Latimer tell his story?
(a) Through flashbacks.
(b) Through diary analysis.
(c) Through dream interpretation.
(d) Through picture framing.

11. What happens when Latimer realizes that his visions are coming true?
(a) He runs away screaming.
(b) He hugs his father.
(c) He faints.
(d) He dies.

12. Why does George Eliot give Latimer psychic powers?
(a) To show readers that Latimer is crazy.
(b) To allow the story to be catagorized under Science Fiction.
(c) Because he wants readers to experience the story as though they were the one dying.
(d) To make the story more believable.

13. What does Latimer buy Bertha for her birthday?
(a) A ruby.
(b) A mink wrap.
(c) A book by Shakespeare.
(d) An opal.

14. What does Bertha keep on her gold chain?
(a) Latimer's ring.
(b) Alfred's ring.
(c) A locket from her mother.
(d) A cross.

15. Which character can see their own death?
(a) Latimer.
(b) The Father.
(c) Mrs. Archer.
(d) Bertha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as Latimer's ability to read minds becomes stronger?

2. Who does Latimer trust?

3. Why does Latimer's third vision frighten him?

4. While at Basel, who does Latimer begin to hate more than anyone else?

5. What is the purpose of the introduction?

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