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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 is the name of Veronica's brother?
(a) Jack.
(b) William.
(c) James.
(d) Joseph.
2. How does the narrator say he and his friends wore their watches in Chapter 1?
(a) On their right wrists.
(b) With the face on the inside of the wrist.
(c) On their left wrists.
(d) With the clock facing upside down.
3. How long after the narrator's marriage to Margaret did they have their first child?
(a) Three years later.
(b) One year later.
(c) Two years later.
(d) Four years later.
4. For how long did Veronica's mother say they had lived in their current home when the narrator asked during his visit in Chapter 1?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 10 years.
5. The narrator says in Chapter 1 after Adrian's death that "in the law's view, if you killed yourself you were by definition" what (97)?
(a) "Mad."
(b) "An outlaw."
(c) "A lawbreaker."
(d) "Depressed."
Short Answer Questions
1. What periodical ran the headline after Adrian's death that was titled "Tragic Death of 'Promising' Young Man" (97)?
2. What does the narrator describe having for Sunday lunch at Veronica's parents' home in Chapter 1?
3. Where did Veronica depart to when she left after visiting the narrator and his friends in London in Chapter 1?
4. How tall does the narrator describe Veronica as in Chapter 1?
5. What does the narrator say he does now at the local hospital in the conclusion of Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is the protagonist in The Sense of an Ending? How would you describe this character?
2. Why do the protagonist and his friends urge Adrian to investigate his parents' divorce in Chapter 1?
3. What does the letter from Adrian say regarding Veronica in Chapter 1?
4. How is the narrative related in The Sense of an Ending? From whose perspective is the story told? Why?
5. Where do the protagonist and his friends go to college after high school?
6. Why does the protagonist feel that Veronica may be partly to blame for Adrian's suicide?
7. What philosophical arguments are made regarding the act of suicide among the protagonist and his friends during high school?
8. How does the narrator describe his high school? Where is the school located?
9. What are the protagonist's impressions of the Ford family when he meets them?
10. In the present tense narrative, what are the protagonist's circumstances as described in the conclusion of Chapter 1?
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