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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, A Trickle of Blood; Chapter 6, Simone; Chapter 7, Marcelle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator believe will happen if he and Simone die?
(a) They will be mourned.
(b) They will not be mourned.
(c) Their imaginary world will fill with stars.
(d) Nothing.

2. What does the narrator threaten in a note to his mother?
(a) Suicide.
(b) To run away.
(c) Disclosure of family secrets.
(d) To turn his brother in.

3. Who catches the couple in the parlor in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Simone's father.
(b) Simone's mother.
(c) Sir Edmond.
(d) Marcelle.

4. What does the narrator forget inside the building?
(a) His gun.
(b) His clothes.
(c) Simone.
(d) His flashlight.

5. What does the narrator do when the mother enters the bedroom?
(a) Steps outside.
(b) Stands up.
(c) Steps into the bathroom.
(d) Sits in his chair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the couple discuss concerning eggs at the beginning of Chapter 7?

2. What does Simone ask one young boy to do?

3. What does the narrator note is associated in his mind with urine?

4. What does the narrator imagine he will do with the rest of his life?

5. What smells linger in the room?

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