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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 does the narrator note about the colors of the girls' stockings?
(a) Simone's are black, while Marcelle's are white.
(b) They are both white.
(c) They are both black.
(d) Marcelle's are black, while Simone's are white.

2. What does the couple see on a sheet in a window?
(a) Vomit.
(b) Blood.
(c) A urine stain.
(d) A flowered pattern.

3. When does Simone have her first orgasm with the narrator?
(a) As she sinks into the saucer of milk.
(b) At the site of the accident.
(c) In bed.
(d) As she fondles him in the parlor.

4. Where does the narrator go to find safety after his night in the woods?
(a) Sir Edmond's house.
(b) Simone's house.
(c) Marcelle's house.
(d) His own home.

5. What does the narrator do shortly upon entering?
(a) Shoots at a shadow.
(b) Stumbles on a body.
(c) Runs into Simone.
(d) Removes his pants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Simone gently kicks the narrator in Chapter 3?

2. What does the narrator note is a bizarre feeling as he runs?

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

4. What does the couple imagine Marcelle doing at the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. What does the couple do when a person arrives during their sexual play?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Simone develop an urge to do with eggs at the beginning of Chapter 2?

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

4. In Chapter 3, the narrator contemplates suicide. Explain why, and what happens to change his mind.

5. Explain why, despite being modest, Simone and the narrator have the relationship they have?

6. What does the couple see almost immediately after entering the sanitarium grounds, and how do they know this indicates Marcelle is involved?

7. How do the parents find out about the orgy, and what do the parents do when they discover what has occurred?

8. How does the narrator explain Marcelle's features as she gazes at the ocean?

9. What happens when the narrator finds Simone, and what is the accidental result that rises Marcelle from her room?

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

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