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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 happened to Simone's clothing?
(a) She threw it in the river.
(b) She can't remember.
(c) The wind blew away her dress.
(d) She tore it on the window.

2. What does the narrator note he is frightened of?
(a) Anything sexual.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Religion.
(d) Ridicule.

3. What effect does the startling event at the beginning of Chapter 4 have on Simone?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is frightened.
(c) She is lonely.
(d) She is tired.

4. What causes the couple to be alarmed as they lay together on a cliff after sexual play?
(a) The sound of an oncoming car.
(b) A scream.
(c) Footsteps in the grass.
(d) A brewing storm.

5. What does the narrator contemplate doing in Chapter 3?
(a) Killing his parents.
(b) Killing Simone.
(c) Raping Simone.
(d) Committing suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator note caused Simone's extreme orgasm the night of the party?

2. When does Simone have her first orgasm with the narrator?

3. What does Simone do with these objects?

4. What does Simone bet she can do?

5. How does the narrator access the inside of the building?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the mother's second encounter with the couple in their actions, and her reaction as well as the reaction of the couple.

2. What has happened to Marcelle after the orgy? How does the couple discover what has happened to Marcelle? What do they think of doing to help her?

3. Explain what the narrator does after fleeing the orgy and before seeking Simone.

4. Explain what Marcelle does during the orgy, and once the narrator lets her go.

5. Explain what Simone does with the saucer of milk in the first chapter.

6. What does the narrator explain causes his and Simone's sexual dream to turn in to a nightmare?

7. How does the narrator avoid police capture in Chapter 3 and how is this possible?

8. How is the violence of the thunderstorm linked to the violence of the actions of Simone and the narrator in Chapter 1?

9. How does the narrator equate sex and violence?

10. What contrasting image does the author give between Simone and Marcelle at the end of Chapter 4? What else could this comparison represent?

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