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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In their life together, how does John help Kate?
(a) By telling her exactly what to do every day.
(b) John goes to school and makes a lot of money so he can support his wife.
(c) He gives her the freedom she desires
(d) He loves her unconditionally.

2. What does John give up?
(a) His search for the meaning of life.
(b) His home.
(c) His search for a good job.
(d) His quest for love.

3. Who is reluctant to talk about anything religious?
(a) Sam.
(b) Kate.
(c) Sharon.
(d) John's entire family.

4. What does being in New Orleans do to Kate's life?
(a) Traps her.
(b) Causes her to worry too much.
(c) Makes her free.
(d) Confines her to a life where things are specifically expected of her.

5. How does the family act at dinner?
(a) They seem very abnormal.
(b) Happy.
(c) They try to act as if everything is normal.
(d) They act panicked.

6. Who has also asked Kate to marry him?
(a) Walter.
(b) Jameson.
(c) Grant.
(d) Sam.

7. What does John ask Kate to ride at the end of the book?
(a) An airplane.
(b) A bike.
(c) In a taxi.
(d) The streetcar.

8. Who does Aunt Emily want to pass the family heritage on to?
(a) No one, because everyone disappoints her.
(b) Anyone who is interested.
(c) The women of the family.
(d) The men of the family.

9. Why is the day Aunt Emily yells at John special?
(a) It is the anniversary of her break-up.
(b) It is Lonnie's brithday.
(c) It is the day his father died.
(d) It is his birthday.

10. What does John really want to do with his life?
(a) Become a recluse.
(b) Leave Louisiana.
(c) Find his own unique personal goals.
(d) Travel abroad.

11. What does Kate deliver to John's business associates?
(a) envelopes.
(b) cake.
(c) money.
(d) documents.

12. How does Aunt Emily feel about John at the end of the chapter?
(a) Excited.
(b) Enraged.
(c) Pleased.
(d) Strange.

13. To John, what has settled everywhere after John's showdown with Aunt Emily?
(a) happiness.
(b) calm.
(c) trouble.
(d) malasie.

14. What comes from abandoning hope?
(a) Nothingness.
(b) Conformity.
(c) Despair.
(d) New beginnings.

15. What does John give Kate at the end of the book?
(a) A child.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A bracelet.
(d) A test.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does the talk with Aunt Emily have on John's life?

2. Why does Kate take the pills?

3. What does Kate feel about the request?

4. Who is waiting for John upon his arrival at Aunt Emily's house.

5. What depresses Kate?

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