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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what type of factory does Geoffrey take Edward when thinking about giving Edward a job in his firm?
(a) A paper towel factory.
(b) A scientific instruments factory.
(c) A cotton ball factory.
(d) A transformer factory.

2. What is NOT one of the jobs Edward volunteers to do for Violet's family during the summer of 1961?
(a) Chauffeuring Violet around.
(b) Cleaning their swimming pool.
(c) Splitting cords of firewood.
(d) Driving loads of junk to the dump.

3. What element is NOT present within the view out of the open window in the honeymoon suite?
(a) The sea.
(b) The woodland.
(c) The hotel lawn.
(d) The town square.

4. In what season does Edward first tell Florence that he loves her?
(a) Spring.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

5. When Geoffrey and Edward sit together in the garden at Florence's house, what subject do they always discuss?
(a) Love.
(b) Politics.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Religion.

6. Edward is described by the narrator as being what kind of tennis player?
(a) Terrible.
(b) Great.
(c) Mediocre.
(d) Good.

7. What is NOT one of the possible reasons Edward lists for Florence's decision to marry him, after he has decided that Florence does not really love him?
(a) To please her parents.
(b) To make herself feel good.
(c) For a marvelous game.
(d) For the sake of respectability.

8. What is NOT a sound Florence remembers hearing while "lying still" and "waiting" and feeling she is "in disgrace" (122) during her and her father's two-day boat crossing when she is 12 years old?
(a) The clink of keys.
(b) The clink of a belt unfastened.
(c) The rattle of chains.
(d) The rustle of clothes.

9. How often does Florence's family's housekeeper come to their home?
(a) Daily.
(b) Monthly.
(c) Weekly.
(d) Every weekday.

10. What instrument does Florence believe her sister Ruth plays "abysmally" (101)?
(a) The violin.
(b) The viola.
(c) The piano.
(d) The cello.

11. What item of Harold Mather's gets broken when he is bullied by a passerby in Soho?
(a) His glasses.
(b) His backpack strap.
(c) His magnifying glass.
(d) His stein.

12. A musical phrase by what composer repeats in Florence's head over and over as she approaches the bed with Edward?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Brahms.
(c) Bach.
(d) Beethoven.

13. Which musician's records does Edward try to make Florence love without success?
(a) Muddy Waters.
(b) Chuck Berry.
(c) Fats Domino.
(d) Elvis Presley.

14. What is NOT listed among the actions Geoffrey takes that show he is never truly relaxed?
(a) He grinds his teeth.
(b) He jiggles his knee up and down as he speaks.
(c) He balances himself on the edge of his seat.
(d) He wiggles his toes inside his sandals.

15. When Florence whispers her feeling to Edward, she thinks that her words hiss "in her mouth like those of a" (103) what?
(a) Spurned lover.
(b) A carnival barker.
(c) A puff adder.
(d) A stage villain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Florence's going-away dress that she changes into after the wedding?

2. Edward is permitted to lie on Florence's bed as long as it is daytime and she is doing what activity?

3. What breakfast food does Edward encounter at Florence's house that previously he had known "only from a James Bond novel" (144)?

4. After what element of the members' lives is the string quartet named?

5. Florence feels "the peculiar unshared flavor of her own existence" when she thinks of which element in her life?

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