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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mary work for many years?
(a) In a men's theatre group
(b) In a woman's theatre group
(c) In the movie industry
(d) In an art gallery

2. What does Mary do as she sits with Colin's body?
(a) Tells him what Caroline confessed to her
(b) Fixes his hair and holds his hand
(c) Cries incessantly
(d) Repeats his name out loud

3. Which of the following is NOT a change that occurs for Mary and Colin during this chapter?
(a) They begin sleeping in the same bed.
(b) They begin making love more often than they did previously.
(c) They stay closer to the hotel than they did previously.
(d) They begin talking about Caroline and Robert more than they did previously.

4. Why do Mary and Colin think their newfound passion is especially profound?
(a) They found it in a foreign city.
(b) They believe it will last forever.
(c) They realize they are also aging.
(d) They had long ago abandoned hope of rekindling it.

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

6. What does Mary discover when Caroline takes her into her bedroom?
(a) The wall is covered with pictures of Colin.
(b) Caroline is sexually attracted to her.
(c) Caroline is lying about her back injury.
(d) The wall is covered with pictures of Mary.

7. What is the only piece of furniture left in Robert's gallery?
(a) The dining chairs
(b) The dining table
(c) The portraits
(d) The sideboard

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

9. What does Mary realize that frightens her?
(a) Robert has a photograph of Colin standing on the balcony of the hotel.
(b) She and Colin must return to England soon.
(c) Robert and Colin knew each other earlier.
(d) Robert ad Colin are in love with each other.

10. How does Robert react when Colin repeatedly asks him questions about the photograph?
(a) He evades the questions.
(b) He becomes angry and violent.
(c) He patiently answers his questions.
(d) He repeats his declarations of love for Colin.

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

12. What has changed about Mary and Colin's relationship in this chapter?
(a) It is much more passionate.
(b) It is much more subdued.
(c) It is much more volatile.
(d) It is much more unstable.

13. Why does Robert meet with his bar manager after he and Colin enter the bar?
(a) He plans to fire the manager.
(b) He must sign some papers that the manager has.
(c) He wants to ensure the bar manager is performing his duties.
(d) He wants to appear important and professional in front of Colin.

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

15. What does Caroline find "sweet" about Colin?
(a) His friendliness
(b) His appearance
(c) His modesty
(d) His interactions with Mary

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Robert take Colin when he and Mary arrive at the apartment?

2. Why does Caroline suddenly become still as soon as she begins laughing?

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

4. How does Colin initially react when Mary tells him what has frightened her?

5. Why does Mary leave the morgue?

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