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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Maxim's attitude to his past life?
(a) He wants to accept his mistakes and move on.
(b) It is a place full of sacred memories that he does not want to share.
(c) He does not wish to remember it.
(d) He wants to talk about it to free himself from its ghosts.

2. On what floor of the hotel building is Max's suite?
(a) It is on Level 148.
(b) It's on the second floor.
(c) It is on the seventh floor.
(d) It is on the third floor.

3. How long after her drowning was Rebecca's body found?
(a) Two days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) Six months.

4. Which of these statements is true of Mrs Van Hopper?
(a) She is assertive and interesting.
(b) She is pushy, tactless, insensitive and boring,
(c) She is refined and courteous.
(d) She likes matchmaking.

5. To what does the word "gaucherie" refer?
(a) A type of flower.
(b) Clumsiness.
(c) Prettiness.
(d) Gaucho-influenced fashion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What special privilege does Max extend to the narrator?

2. What is meant by "Jasper has gone to the happy hunting grounds"?

3. How far away do Beatrice and Giles live?

4. What can moonlight do, according to the narrator?

5. What does Mrs Van Hopper think the narrator will like about New York?

(see the answer key)

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