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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Caroline characterize Mary and Colin as a couple?
(a) As very compatible
(b) As complete opposites
(c) As a striking pair
(d) As loving

2. How do Mary and Colin act as they ride the water taxi back to their hotel?
(a) They do not speak or look at each other.
(b) They kiss and hold hands.
(c) They engage in lively conversation.
(d) They attempt to make conversation with the local people.

3. Why do Mary and Colin abandon the spot they initially choose to set up on at the beach?
(a) They are bothered by a group of overzealous teenagers.
(b) They do not have enough privacy.
(c) A father and son tell them they already have taken the spot.
(d) A family claims it is their regular location.

4. Why does Colin quickly swim out to Mary?
(a) He believes she is drowning.
(b) He believes she is trying to get away from him.
(c) He wants to apologize to her.
(d) He wants to make love to her in the ocean.

5. What do Mary and Colin hear as they depart the boat dock?
(a) Caroline's voice
(b) Robert's voice
(c) The sounds of water birds
(d) The sound of the boat leaving the dock

6. Why do Mary and Colin laugh at the other tourists in the hotel cafe?
(a) They believe it is more pleasurable to spend their vacation in bed than out sightseeing.
(b) They believe they have acclimated to Venice better than the other tourists.
(c) Few of the other tourists speak Italian.
(d) The other tourists need a map to travel in Venice while Mary and Colin know their way around the city.

7. Who owned Robert's home before he and his wife moved there?
(a) His grandfather
(b) The Italian prime minister
(c) An Englishman
(d) His father

8. How is the beach setting described as at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) As crowded and lively
(b) As crowded and oppressive
(c) As dirty and polluted
(d) As deserted and lonely

9. How do Mary and Colin act towards one another as they approach their destination?
(a) They speak softly to each other.
(b) They hold hands.
(c) They begin kissing.
(d) They do not look at one another.

10. What delights Mary the most about swimming in the ocean?
(a) Its salinity.
(b) Its warmth.
(c) Its depth.
(d) Its spaciousness.

11. Why does Mary fall asleep in Caroline and Robert's apartment?
(a) Robert has drugged her.
(b) She has sunstroke.
(c) Caroline has drugged her.
(d) She is tired from not sleeping for several days.

12. Why does Mary propose amputating Colin's arms and legs?
(a) To make a cruel and sadistic joke at his expense.
(b) To save his life after he contracts a disease.
(c) To keep him prisoner so she can have sex with him.
(d) To punish him for allowing Robert to enter their lives.

13. What causes Robert and Caroline's intimate relationship to become violent?
(a) Caroline's infidelity
(b) Robert's father insists he beat Caroline during sex.
(c) Caroline asks Robert to hurt her.
(d) Robert's frustration at not being able to conceive children.

14. Why does Colin suggest he and Mary depart the boat early?
(a) He is hungry and would like to find a restaurant.
(b) He thinks it will be quicker to walk to the hotel than ride the boat around the harbor.
(c) He wants to visit Robert and Caroline.
(d) He wants to visit Robert's bar.

15. Which of the following is NOT an activity that Mary and Colin engage in in this chapter?
(a) Smoking marijuana on the balcony
(b) Spending many hours in bed
(c) Spending the day at the beach
(d) Having long discussions about their lives

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert do to Colin that surprises him?

2. What does Robert tell Colin he looks like when he enters the room after showering and dressing?

3. How did Caroline's back become injured?

4. How does Robert react when Colin repeatedly asks him questions about the photograph?

5. Why does Mary think Robert took the secret photograph of Colin?

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