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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first speaker musing on at the beginning of Section 3?
(a) Whether there is an afterlife.
(b) Classical poets.
(c) The form of waves.
(d) The nature of identity.

2. Which of the female characters seems most content with her place in life when the reader encounters her in Section 3?
(a) Miss Lambert.
(b) Susan.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Rhoda.

3. Who is this Section 4's opening speaker?
(a) Louis.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Percival.
(d) Jinny.

4. Which of the characters muses on a book that he wishes to keep when he is older?
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Susan.
(c) Neville.
(d) Bernard.

5. How does Bernard characterize his last day at school?
(a) An occasion for tears.
(b) An occasion for laughter.
(c) One final ceremony.
(d) As ambiguous in significance.

6. Who professes that Bernard looks composed?
(a) Neville.
(b) Susan.
(c) Percival.
(d) Louis.

7. What is significant about what day it is at the end of Section 2?
(a) It is the boys' last day at school.
(b) It is the last day of summer.
(c) It is the boys' first day of their second year at school.
(d) It is the last day of the boys' first term at school.

8. What image is Susan reminded of at the end of her monologue in Section 3?
(a) The waves crashing on the beach.
(b) A sermon in church.
(c) Jinny kissing Louis.
(d) The estate at Elvedon.

9. Who kissed Louis in the garden?
(a) Biddy.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Susan.
(d) Jinny.

10. Who hears "something stamping"?
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Louis.
(c) Neville.
(d) Bernard.

11. Who takes the children for a "brisk walk"?
(a) Biddy.
(b) Mis Curry.
(c) Miss Hudson.
(d) Mrs. Constable.

12. In what city is Bernard in the beginning of Section 4?
(a) Ipswich.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) London.
(d) Leeds.

13. Who did Bernard seek to comfort during Section 1?
(a) Neville.
(b) Louis.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Susan.

14. Who begins Section 3?
(a) Susan.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Louis.
(d) Bernard.

15. Who does Bernard refer to as "the authentics" in Section 4?
(a) Louis and Rhoda.
(b) Susan and Rhoda.
(c) Jinny and Susan.
(d) Neville and Jinny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Jinny feel "native" in her environment?

2. What does Bernard describe during his first line of monologue?

3. What do the characters wish to do with the moment they share in the restaurant in Section 4?

4. What is Louis's profession when the reader encounters him in Section 3?

5. Who asserts, "One moment does not lead to another" in Section 4?

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