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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Latimer's third vision frighten him?
(a) In the vision, he kills Bertha.
(b) In the vision, his father dies.
(c) In the vision, he and Bertha hate each other.
(d) In the vision, he dies.

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

4. What is the purpose of the introduction?
(a) Give readers a complete history on brain tumors.
(b) Give background on Mrs. Archer.
(c) Introduce readers to Latimer.
(d) Tell readers about the joy of life.

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

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

7. Where did the bond between Charles and Latimer come from?
(a) The community of feeling.
(b) A shared illness.
(c) The intellect shared between them.
(d) The attractiveness of both boys.

8. Who does Latimer's new talent have no effect on?
(a) Alfred.
(b) Bertha.
(c) His father.
(d) Pierre.

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

10. Why is Latimer in Switzerland?
(a) To start treatment.
(b) To complete his education.
(c) To become a landscaper.
(d) To see new doctors.

11. What is Latimer's second psychic ability?
(a) Ability to cure illnesses.
(b) Ability to make others forget the past.
(c) Reading other people's thoughts.
(d) Super strength.

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

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

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

15. What does everyone buy Bertha for her birthday?
(a) Gold.
(b) Books.
(c) Furs.
(d) Jewelry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Latimer's new talent show in others?

2. What happens when his father begins to speak during Latimer's second vision?

3. Who is described as handsome, confident, and extremely friendly, and evidently did not feel any rivalry with Latimer?

4. Who comes to Switzerland to see Latimer during the end of his stay?

5. Whose birthday gifts does Latimer see Bertha wear to dinner?

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