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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what continent does the narrative of The Husband's Secret take place?
(a) North America.
(b) Asia.
(c) South America.
(d) Australia.

2. From what phobia does John-Paul suffer?
(a) Small spaces.
(b) Heights.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Clowns.

3. The novel's epigraph is a quote by which author?
(a) Alexander Pope.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
(d) George Orwell.

4. Which mythological figure is at the center of the novel's preface?
(a) Pan.
(b) Persephone.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Pandora.

5. What emotion does Tess's uncle admit to feeling about his daughter Felicity?
(a) Shame.
(b) Shock.
(c) Ennui.
(d) Pride.

6. Cecilia realizes with a shock in Chapter 7 that she and John-Paul have been abstinent for how many months in a row?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

7. How old is Cecilia's daughter Esther?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

8. Cecilia's only significant memory of Janie involves Janie taking which action toward Cecilia?
(a) Impressing her.
(b) Complimenting her.
(c) Joking with her.
(d) Comforting her.

9. Cecilia reflects upon the time how many years before the story takes place when she saw a little boy killed in a car accident?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 1.

10. How many minutes late had Rachel been to her meeting with Janie on the day of Janie's murder?
(a) 15.
(b) 19.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

11. What religion does Cecilia practice?
(a) Islam.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Protestantism.

12. Mary and Lucy are depicted as having watched how many teens die in a Berlin Wall-involved protest on television?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 9.

13. Esther has recently become obsessed with which historic event?
(a) The removal of the Berlin Wall.
(b) The end of World War II.
(c) The addition of Hawaii and Alaska to the United States.
(d) The Stonewall uprising.

14. The novel begins on what day of the week?
(a) Friday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Monday.

15. Ed, Janie's father and Rachel's husband, died in which month of the year?
(a) June.
(b) November.
(c) February.
(d) April.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of John-Paul's daughters calls out to him when he and Cecilia are discussing the letter?

2. Lucy makes an appointment for Tess and Liam to visit what type of location?

3. At the end of Chapter 14, Rachel purposely breaks a candle given to her by whom?

4. Rachel had been scheduled to pick up Janie and take her to what destination on the day of her murder?

5. What quality of Cecilia's does John-Paul say had initially attracted him?

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