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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. Why does John like Mrs. Schexnaydre?
(a) She hits on him a lot.
(b) She gives him food.
(c) She flirts with John.
(d) She expects nothing from John.

2. What do John's siblings spend the rest of the afternoon doing?
(a) playing baseball.
(b) hiiking.
(c) water skiing.
(d) swiming.

3. What time in her life did Kate feel the most freedom?
(a) When she goes skiing.
(b) Spending time with her friends.
(c) Right after her first fiancee died.
(d) Spending time with John.

4. What does feeling "better" mean to Kate?
(a) Being happy.
(b) It feels like she is not on the brink of abyss.
(c) Going dancing.
(d) Having a good meal.

5. What does John's mother say about John?
(a) "You are so like your aunt."
(b) "You are so much like Lonnie."
(c) "You are so like your father and yet so different."
(d) "You are nothing like your father."

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of relationship do John and Kate seem to have?

2. What is Kate fighting against?

3. What indicates a close relationship between John and his aunt?

4. What happens on the car ride?

5. Why type of psychological problem does Kate have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharon try to establish about the trip?

2. Where does John live?

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

4. What kind of books does John like to read at the library?

5. Where does John ask Sharon to go with him?

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

7. How does John feel about Walter, Kate's fiance?

8. Does Kate understand John's quest?

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

10. Who does John remind his mother of?

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