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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What age was the narrator when his mother died?
(a) Nine or ten.
(b) Six.
(c) Four or five.
(d) Seven or eight.

2. What is Latimer's primary goal against his rival?
(a) Gain his father's attention.
(b) Gain Mrs. Filmore's attention.
(c) Gain Bertha's attention.
(d) Murder his rival.

3. Who does Latimer trust?
(a) No one.
(b) Only his father.
(c) Everyone.
(d) Only Bertha.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only person that Latimer falls in love with throughout his life?

2. What does Latimer remember Prague being like?

3. Who does Latimer meet in Switzerland?

4. How is Latimer to die?

5. What is the name of Latimer's neighbors that come to Switzerland?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Latimer and Charles get along so well?

2. What differences are there between Latimer's childhood and his life as an adult?

3. What does Latimer's father think the marriage to Bertha will do for Latimer?

4. What happens to Latimer and Bertha after Mrs. Archer dies?

5. Why has Latimer not asked Bertha about her feelings for him?

6. What are Latimer's father's plans for Latimer?

7. Describe what ends Latimer's stay in Geneva and who comes to stay with Latimer.

8. How does Latimer tell his story?

9. What happens to make Latimer think of the vision he had of Bertha and him married?

10. Describe how Bertha and Alfred's relationship has changed upon returning home from Switzerland.

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