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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 word from Chapter 1 means unsophisticated and socially awkward?
(a) Petulant.
(b) Gauche.
(c) Gregarious.
(d) Elusive.
2. When did Alex say he had seen Adrian when meeting with the narrator to discuss his suicide in Chapter 1?
(a) Three months ago.
(b) Two months ago.
(c) One month ago.
(d) Three weeks ago.
3. How did Adrian commit suicide?
(a) He shot himself.
(b) He cut his wrists.
(c) He overdosed on pills.
(d) He hung himself.
4. At whose jokes does the narrator say Veronica laughed at more easily than his own when she met his friends in Chapter 1?
(a) Colin's.
(b) Adrian's.
(c) James's.
(d) Alex's.
5. Why did Adrian write to the narrator during his senior year of college?
(a) To ask him to come on vacation wih him.
(b) To ask for permission to date Veronica.
(c) To tell him he was committing suicide.
(d) To tell him he was quitting school.
Short Answer Questions
1. How much older is Veronica than the narrator?
2. Where did the narrator attend college?
3. To what university did Adrian win a scholarship?
4. Which of his friends does the narrator describe as denouncing his family in Chapter 1?
5. What did the narrator's mother attribute as the reason that Adrian killed himself?
Short Essay Questions
1. What information is revealed regarding the contents of Adrian's suicide letter?
2. What is the significance of the memory fragments that are presented by the narrator in the opening of Chapter 1?
3. Who informs the protagonist of Adrian's death? How has Adrian died?
4. How is the narrative related in The Sense of an Ending? From whose perspective is the story told? Why?
5. In the present tense narrative, what are the protagonist's circumstances as described in the conclusion of Chapter 1?
6. What are the protagonist's impressions of the Ford family when he meets them?
7. What philosophical arguments are made regarding the act of suicide among the protagonist and his friends during high school?
8. Who commits suicide during the ptrotagonist's high school years? Why?
9. Why is the protagonist angered by the fact that Adrian is labeled as mentally disturbed regarding his suicide?
10. Who is the protagonist in The Sense of an Ending? How would you describe this character?
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