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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. Which one of the men approaches the woman on the last day of their rooftop job?
(a) Harry.
(b) Tom.
(c) Mark.
(d) Stanley.

2. The person in #47 shows his ________________ to Hamish and Mary.
(a) paintings.
(b) files.
(c) photographs.
(d) books.

3. What do the men think happen to the woman when she does not appear on the roof one day?
(a) Her husband won't let her sunbathe anymore.
(b) She had to go to work.
(c) She is embarrassed.
(d) She is ill.

4. What does the narrator say she can see in her hands as she meets a potential lover?
(a) A truffle.
(b) Her heart.
(c) A key.
(d) A smile.

5. What is set to take place the following week?
(a) A Christmas party.
(b) The company picnic.
(c) A school fundraiser.
(d) George and Rose's wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does George name his daughter?

2. Where has the woman in #3 moved?

3. How old is George?

4. Where does Rose work?

5. Who is another woman that Jimmie starts seeing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the irony of Jimmy calling Rose selfish?

2. Why is George especially drawn to Bobby?

3. What is the irony of the way Mary views Betty Clarke?

4. What is the setting for "The Eye of God in Paradise"?

5. What is Lessing's writing style in the majority of the stories?

6. What does George ask of his ex-wife as he struggles with the physical pain of a break up?

7. How do George's fears about Rose canceling their wedding plans come true?

8. What surprises Mary and Hamish about the Germans they encounter?

9. What does George Talbot learn about the woman with whom he has had an affair for several years?

10. What is the meaning of Rose's obsession with adopting Jill?

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