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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time does Charlie return home on the night of the dinner party?
(a) 2 in the morning.
(b) 3 in the morning.
(c) 1 in the morning.
(d) Midnight.

2. The other person in Fiona's dream pulls an object from what location?
(a) Out of thin air.
(b) His briefcase.
(c) His pocket.
(d) His shoe.

3. To whom had the object in Fiona's dream belonged in real life?
(a) Nico.
(b) Jake.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Nora.

4. Who reveals that they have received negative HIV test results?
(a) Asher.
(b) Richard.
(c) Teddy.
(d) Yale.

5. From whom does Fiona think her daughter Claire inherited her talents?
(a) Richard.
(b) Nico.
(c) Fiona.
(d) Nora.

6. Sketches by which artist are the pieces that Nora most wants to donate to the Briggs Gallery?
(a) Sam Francis.
(b) John Coplins.
(c) Armand DeVille.
(d) Ranko Novak.

7. Who had been the first real friend Yale had made after moving?
(a) Fiona.
(b) Nico.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Terrence.

8. At what type of location is the event attended by Nico's family members at the start of the novel?
(a) A community center.
(b) A private home.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A church.

9. Before Nora's art can be donated to a museum, it must first be what?
(a) Authenticated.
(b) Found.
(c) Appraised.
(d) Cleaned.

10. The private investigator finds a family with what last name living in Paris?
(a) Rogers.
(b) Smith.
(c) Pearce.
(d) Helmer.

11. The person considering a house purchase in 1985 plans to live there with what other person?
(a) Fiona.
(b) Yale.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Nora.

12. Yale works at an art gallery that is attached to which institution?
(a) Northwestern.
(b) Yale.
(c) Brown.
(d) Harvard.

13. Fiona discovers that which of her friends will soon have a new gallery exhibition opening?
(a) Terrence.
(b) Richard.
(c) Yale.
(d) Julian.

14. At what type of location had Yale met his boyfriend in 1985?
(a) A private home.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A nightclub.
(d) A swimming pool.

15. Every time Nico introduced Fiona to someone new, he had said, "This is the lady who" (3) what?
(a) Saved me.
(b) Made me.
(c) Raised me.
(d) Tortured me for years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What items does Nora wish to donate to Yale's workplace?

2. For what purpose are most of Nico's family members congregating at the start of the novel?

3. Who manages to get Yale into the bathroom so that he can try to tell him something?

4. In what year does the narrative of the The Great Believers begin its story?

5. What is the name of the private investigator Fiona hires?

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