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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 17, what is the name of Lucy's boyfriend?
(a) Luke.
(b) Peter.
(c) Paul.
(d) John.

2. In Chapter 13, where is Max vacationing with his fiancee?
(a) Villagonia.
(b) Naxos.
(c) Taormina.
(d) Mazzeo.

3. In Chapter 11, how many revisions are there of Serena's letter to Haley?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

4. In Chapter 15 when Serena awakes in Tom's flat, what sounds does she hear?
(a) Children playing outside.
(b) Garbage trucks.
(c) Snoring and street traffic.
(d) Gulls and typewriter.

5. What is Shirley writing in Chapter 19?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Historical fiction.
(c) Romantic novels.
(d) Biographies.

6. What is the weather like in Chapter 13?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Windy.
(d) Partly cloudy.

7. In Chapter 15, what does Tom tip the waiter?
(a) 20 pounds.
(b) 10 pounds.
(c) 5 pounds.
(d) 30 pounds.

8. In Chapter 14, what is the name of the poet whose poem Tom reads to Serena in a second-hand bookshop?
(a) Erin Thomas.
(b) Victoria A. Carella.
(c) Abdiel LeRoy.
(d) Edward Thomas.

9. In Chapter 20, before Tom how many first-time novelists had won the Austen?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) None.

10. In Chapter 17, how long do Tom and Serena spend in Maschler's office?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 60 minutes.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

11. In Chapter 13, when Oleg Lysalin defected, who did he bring with him?
(a) His wife and a son.
(b) His wife and a daughter.
(c) His wife.
(d) His secretary.

12. In Chapter 18 when Serena sees Tom for the first time after Christmas, how long has it been since they saw one another?
(a) 9 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) Almost 2 weeks.
(d) Nearly 3 weeks.

13. In Chapter 19, what size is the bomb that kills a family on a bus?
(a) 25 pounds.
(b) 30 pounds.
(c) 20 pounds.
(d) 15 pounds.

14. In Chapter 15 in Tom's short novel, what are a man and his daughter looking for?
(a) A home.
(b) His wife and her mother.
(c) Books.
(d) Food.

15. In Chapter 19 when Serena goes to meet Tom on Saturday, how early is she?
(a) Almost an hour.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) About three quarters of an hour.
(d) 40 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Tom's story in Chapter 16, how many hours a week does Terry Mole work?

2. In Chapter 14, how much older does Tom say that his sister Laura is than he?

3. In Chapter 17, how many pages is From the Somerset Levels?

4. In Chapter 18 after dinner during their first weekend together after the holidays, where do Serena and Tom make love?

5. In Chapter 16, what does Max come to tell Serena when he goes to her house?

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