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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Mary and Colin to begin telling Robert about themselves?
(a) Robert's prying questions
(b) Drinking wine
(c) The atmosphere in the bar
(d) Robert's warm demeanor

2. What question does Robert ask Mary and Colin when he first meets them?
(a) Are you tourists?
(b) Are you lost?
(c) Are you English?
(d) Are you looking for a restaurant?

3. Why doesn't Robert's father allow him to eat chocolate?
(a) He believes only girls should eat chocolate.
(b) He believes it will make Robert gain weight.
(c) He believes it will make Robert weak.
(d) Robert is allergic to chocolate.

4. How does Robert react when Mary asks him how he met his wife?
(a) He describes a trip to Canada.
(b) He tells a story of love at first sight.
(c) He avoids the question by stating that he would have to describe his family first.
(d) He avoids the question by asking Mary one of his own.

5. How does Colin respond to Robert's stories about his family and his wife?
(a) He asks many probing questions.
(b) He falls asleep.
(c) He is touched by Robert's kindness.
(d) He ignores Robert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Caroline's character traits makes Robert fall in love with her?

2. Which of the following is NOT an item in Robert's gallery?

3. Who does Mary tell Colin they should have brought with them on vacation?

4. What event becomes a part of each of Mary and Colin's days while on vacation?

5. Which of the following is NOT a location that Mary and Colin visit during this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the display in the department store window that both Mary and Colin comment on.

2. Describe the event that led Robert's sisters to despise him.

3. Who do Mary and Colin notice outside of the street side cafe? How is he the same? How is he different?

4. Why does Mary begin thinking of her children in this chapter? What does she wish she had done?

5. Where does Robert take Mary and Colin to eat? Describe this setting.

6. What information about the bar does Caroline share with Mary? How does Mary react?

7. What does Mary tell Colin she dreams about during their daily naps?

8. Describe the scene involving the older tourists that Colin observes from his balcony. How does the version of the story Colin tells Mary differ from the actual situation?

9. What do Robert's sisters feed him one afternoon? Why?

10. What is unusual about Robert's interactions with Mary and Colin in this chapter?

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