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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many siblings does the narrator describe Adrian as having in Chapter 1?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

2. What did Veronica tell the narrator that the only purpose of a woman's period was?
(a) To punish womankind.
(b) To tell you you are not pregnant.
(c) To tell you when to have a baby.
(d) To cause pain and agony.

3. Where did the narrator go to meet his friend to discuss Adrian's suicide after he arrived home?
(a) The Charing X Hotel.
(b) The Four Seasons Hotel.
(c) The Windsor Hotel.
(d) The Marriott Hotel.

4. The narrator points out in Chapter 1 that "what you end up remembering isn't always" what (10)?
(a) "The truth."
(b) "What others end up remembering."
(c) "The same as what you have witnessed."
(d) "What happened."

5. How much older is Veronica than the narrator?
(a) 8 months older.
(b) 5 months older.
(c) 2 years older.
(d) 1 year older.

6. What is the name of Susan's husband?
(a) Andrew.
(b) James.
(c) Ken.
(d) William.

7. What did the notice say that Adrian pinned to the bathroom door before committing suicide (96-97)?
(a) "Call for help."
(b) "Call my parents and tell them I am sorry."
(c) "Do not enter - Call police - Adrian."
(d) "Goodbye."

8. What musical instrument did Adrian play, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Saxophone.
(b) Flute.
(c) Oboe.
(d) Clarinet.

9. What does the narrator say he and his friends regarded as "a crypto-fascist plan for repressing our sex drive" (18)?
(a) English class.
(b) Physics class.
(c) History class.
(d) School sports.

10. The narrator says of he and his friends in Chapter 1, "All political systems and social systems appeared to us" to be what (22)?
(a) "Enterprising."
(b) "Discouraging."
(c) "Violent."
(d) "Corrupt."

11. What composers did Veronica hate?
(a) Bach and Beethoven.
(b) Chopin and Pachelbel.
(c) Tchaikovsky and Dvorak.
(d) Bach and Chopin.

12. Who does the narrator describe as the one who mocked the political system in Chapter 1?
(a) Alex.
(b) Himself.
(c) Adrian.
(d) Colin.

13. What does the narrator describe as Veronica's "comfort book" in Chapter 1 (49)?
(a) Ulysses.
(b) Tomorrow Never Comes.
(c) I Capture the Castle.
(d) To Have and Have Not.

14. Where does the narrator describe the school he attended in Chapter 1?
(a) Chislebury.
(b) North London.
(c) Central London.
(d) East London.

15. How does the narrator say he and his friends wore their watches in Chapter 1?
(a) On their left wrists.
(b) With the face on the inside of the wrist.
(c) With the clock facing upside down.
(d) On their right wrists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator describe having for Sunday lunch at Veronica's parents' home in Chapter 1?

2. Who did the narrator's father blame when he found the narrator reading The Communist Manifesto?

3. What is the river that runs upstream lit by, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

4. The narrator suggests in Chapter 1 that "it takes only the smallest pleasure or pain to teach us" what (11)?

5. What word from Chapter 1 refers to failing to act as a result of moral weakness?

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