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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 does Sharon hide from John?
(a) Her true thoughts about him.
(b) What she is reading.
(c) The outfit she is wearing.
(d) The magazine she reads.

2. What does Kate think about his problems?
(a) John has no problems.
(b) That they are not really problems.
(c) She hates the way John complains.
(d) That John might be overlooking the most obvious answer to his problems.

3. Where does John live?
(a) East New Orleans.
(b) Lake Pontchartrain.
(c) Gentiliy.
(d) Gretna.

4. What does the reader think about Kate?
(a) She does not seem like a normal woman.
(b) She wants to be with John.
(c) She is very beautiful.
(d) Many men desire her.

5. What body part is in pain after the accident?
(a) His hand.
(b) His thigh.
(c) His shoulder.
(d) His knee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What members of the family does John seem to best communicate with?

2. Why does Sharon hurry from the car?

3. How does Kate respond to John's question?

4. Where will John have to go on business?

5. Who is John closest to in his family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does John invite Kate to go with him? What is her response?

2. What does John do in order to escape from his life?

3. What is revealed about John's family in this chapter?

4. What becomes clear about John and Kate's relationship?

5. What does Kate decide to do about her therapist?

6. Who does John feel that he has fallen in love with?

7. What is very apparent about John and Aunt Emily's relationship?

8. What is John searching for as the novel begins?

9. What occurs on the ride to the Gulf Coast?

10. Where does John live?

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