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

2. The narrator told Alex that he wondered if who felt any responsibility for Adrian's suicide in Chapter 1?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His philosophy tutors.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

3. How does the narrator describe Old Joe Hunt in Chapter 1?
(a) Sardonic.
(b) Wryly affable.
(c) Hateful and mean.
(d) Gregarious.

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

5. Where did Colin, Alex, and the narrator meet for drinks a year after Adrian's death?
(a) The Marriott Hotel.
(b) The Charing X Hotel.
(c) The Metro Hotel.
(d) The Four Seasons Hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the narrator attend college?

2. What monarch's reign did Old Joe Hunt ask his students about on the third day of class, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

3. What was Veronica's father's profession when the narrator met her?

4. Where did Colin attend college?

5. What did the narrator's mother attribute as the reason that Adrian killed himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the narrative related in The Sense of an Ending? From whose perspective is the story told? Why?

2. What do the protagonist and Alex conclude regarding Adrian's suicide?

3. Why do the protagonist and his friends urge Adrian to investigate his parents' divorce in Chapter 1?

4. What led to the protagonist's divorce?

5. Where does the protagonist go after completing college? How does he describe his experiences there?

6. Who informs the protagonist of Adrian's death? How has Adrian died?

7. What is the significance of the memory fragments that are presented by the narrator in the opening of Chapter 1?

8. What is the protagonist's mother's theory regarding Adrian's suicide? How does the protagonist respond to this theory?

9. How is Veronica described when the narrator first meets her?

10. Why does the protagonist feel that Veronica may be partly to blame for Adrian's suicide?

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