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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 Lonnie conquer in death?
(a) Anger.
(b) His jealously of Duval's death.
(c) He finds peace.
(d) He is cloaked in despair.

2. What depresses Kate?
(a) Small Talk.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Rain.

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

4. How does john feel when he leaves his aunt's house?
(a) Happy.
(b) Misled.
(c) Despondent.
(d) Confused.

5. What does Aunt Emily ask John about?
(a) Where he would like to be in ten years.
(b) How old he is.
(c) What he lives for and loves.
(d) Why he is breaking her heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aunt Emily think of her family?

2. Who does John flirt with?

3. Who was listening to the whole conversation?

4. Why is Kate so angry with John?

5. What does John give Kate at the end of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Has John completely abandoned his search?

2. What does the reader learn about Aunt Emily?

3. What does Aunt Emily ask of John?

4. What does John realize about his life search?

5. How does the novel end?

6. Why is Aunt Emily upset with John at the beginning of the chapter?

7. How does the epilogue begin?

8. What is interesting about the marriage?

9. Why doesn't Kate like Harold's wife?

10. How does Kate react to the test?

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