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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first-person narrator and the main character of the story is _________.
(a) Latimer.
(b) Bertha.
(c) Mrs. Archer.
(d) The Father.

2. What is Latimer's first hatred?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother, Alfred.
(d) The doctor, Mr. Letherall.

3. What will the narrator die from?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) A brain aneurysm.
(c) Poison.
(d) A gunshot wound.

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

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

6. Why is Latimer lonely in Switzerland?
(a) He thinks people are making fun of the bumps.
(b) He thinks people will make fun of his sensitivity.
(c) He gets into a lot of fights.
(d) He thinks people will make fun of his accent.

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

8. Who does Latimer enjoy traveling with?
(a) Alfred.
(b) Charles Meunier.
(c) George Eliot.
(d) Mrs. Archer.

9. Why does Latimer initially fall in love with his only love?
(a) Because he hates her fiance.
(b) Because he cannot read her mind.
(c) Because he cannot have her.
(d) Because it is forbidden.

10. Why did Latimer's time in Switzerland end?
(a) His half-brother died.
(b) He finished school.
(c) He contracted a severe illness.
(d) He died.

11. Why does Latimer like running water?
(a) Because it has melted from the mountains.
(b) Because it goes where it wishes.
(c) Because it is beautiful.
(d) Because he knows why it runs.

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

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

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

15. What happens to Latimer while everyone is visiting Lichtenberg Palace?
(a) He asks Bertha to marry him.
(b) He has one vision of Bertha as his wife.
(c) He passes out.
(d) He has one vision of him killing Alfred.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who joins Latimer and the others at Basel?

2. What is one reason that Latimer thinks Bertha will never marry Alfred?

3. Who does Latimer meet in Switzerland?

4. Why is Latimer's friend not accepted by society?

5. Why is Latimer examined by a phrenologist?

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