View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the beverage of choice throughout the duration of the conversation?
(a) Tequila.
(b) Gin and tonic.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Rum and Coke.

2. Which character claims that no one really knows about love, because "everyone is really just a beginner"?
(a) Mel.
(b) Ed.
(c) Laura.
(d) Nick.

3. What does Nick notice after the story is over?
(a) The sun is rising.
(b) The afternoon light is waning.
(c) Everyone is crying.
(d) The narrator has his arm around someone else's wife.

4. Who turns on a light in the room?
(a) Mel.
(b) Terri.
(c) Nick.
(d) No one.

5. Who is the narrator?
(a) Laura.
(b) Terri.
(c) Nick.
(d) Mel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings up the topic of "spiritual love"?

2. What time of day does the story take place?

3. Who threatens to kill Mel?

4. How is the depression revealed?

5. Who asks Mel to continue the story of the old couple?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the setting of the initial part of the story as told by the narrator.

2. Describe the symbolism of Mel wanting to wear armor.

3. Where are the characters in the story from?

4. What is Mel feeling as he describes the old man's love, who senses this, and what is his or her response?

5. Why is Mel frustrated with the meaning of love?

6. What does Mel hope will happen to his ex-wife and why?

7. Describe the interaction between Mel and Terri surrounding Mel's ex-wife.

8. What does Mel think about the cause of the old man's depression?

9. What happens after Mel's story about the old couple ends?

10. What two purposes does alcohol seem to serve in the story?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 619 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample