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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 did Alex say Adrian appeared the last time he saw him when he met with the narrator to discuss Adrian's suicide?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Sullen.
(c) Gregarious.
(d) Cheerful.

2. By whom was Adrian raised?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

3. Who among his group of friends does the narrator say everyone wrote the most to during college and wanted his approval?
(a) Colin.
(b) Alex.
(c) Himself.
(d) Adrian.

4. What did the narrator's mother attribute as the reason that Adrian killed himself?
(a) He was too clever.
(b) He was depressive.
(c) He was struggling in school.
(d) He impregnated his girlfriend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older is Veronica than the narrator?

2. Where did the narrator attend college?

3. What musical instrument did Adrian play, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

4. Who attended Adrian's funeral?

5. Phil Dixon related to his class that T. S. Eliot claimed it is all about what, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who commits suicide during the ptrotagonist's high school years? Why?

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

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

5. In the present tense narrative, what are the protagonist's circumstances as described in the conclusion of Chapter 1?

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

7. What differences can be seen between Veronica and the protagonist during their courtship?

8. Where do the protagonist and his friends go to college after high school?

9. What are the protagonist's impressions of the Ford family when he meets them?

10. How is Veronica's visit to London described when she goes to meet the protagonist's friends?

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