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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Mary leave the morgue?
(a) She receives news that Robert and Caroline had been caught.
(b) A nurse insists that she leave.
(c) She must catch her flight to England.
(d) A police official makes her leave.

3. Which of the following is NOT a topic of discussion between Mary and Colin during this chapter?
(a) Their visit to Robert and Caroline's apartment
(b) Their friends
(c) The other tourists staying in the hotel
(d) The politics of sex

4. What is the main topic of conversation while Robert, Caroline, Mary and Colin dine together?
(a) Robert's father
(b) Caroline's injury
(c) Mary and Colin's relationship
(d) Mary's children

5. Where does Mary go one morning when she awakens before Colin?
(a) To get him breakfast
(b) To Robert and Caroline's apartment
(c) To the hotel's pontoon cafe
(d) Back to England

6. Where does Robert take Colin when he and Mary arrive at the apartment?
(a) To his bar
(b) To the bedroom
(c) To the gallery
(d) To Colin's hotel room

7. What does Mary intend to tell Colin, but does not (as she sits with his body in the morgue)?
(a) How and why he was killed
(b) How much she loved him
(c) Why she did not save his life
(d) Where Robert and Caroline go after the murder

8. How does Colin initially react when Mary tells him what has frightened her?
(a) He tries to soothe her.
(b) He is also frightened.
(c) He falls asleep.
(d) He dismisses it.

9. What does Colin notice has changed in Robert's bar since his earlier visit?
(a) There is different music playing on the jukebox.
(b) The atmosphere is less smoky.
(c) The jukebox is no longer there.
(d) Very little has changed.

10. What does Colin find unusual about Caroline?
(a) Despite seeming quite meek she has feminist beliefs about marriage.
(b) Despite being in pain she seems to be content.
(c) Despite being trapped in her home she seems quite free.
(d) Despite being in love with Robert she seems to be attracted to Colin.

11. Why is Caroline trapped in her apartment?
(a) She cannot walk down the stairs to leave the apartment.
(b) She cannot climb the stairs to return to the apartment if she goes out.
(c) She is wheelchair bound.
(d) Robert locks her in the apartment.

12. What does Robert do at the beginning of this chapter to mark the change in his relationship with Mary and Colin?
(a) He tells Mary she must leave the apartment.
(b) He steps between them on the stairs placing his hand around Colin's shoulder.
(c) He speaks only to Colin.
(d) He embraces them warmly as they reach the apartment.

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

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

15. What does Colin do for a living?
(a) He is a director.
(b) He owns a bar.
(c) He is an actor.
(d) He is a singer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary see as "the most powerful single principle of organization shaping institutions and individual lives"?

2. What does Colin describe Caroline as?

3. Why do Mary and Colin abandon the spot they initially choose to set up on at the beach?

4. How does Caroline react when Robert returns home from the bar?

5. How is the beach setting described as at the beginning of this chapter?

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