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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "I am one person--myself"?
(a) Neville.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Louis.

2. Who says, "Now let us issue from the darkness of solitude" at one point in Section 4?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Percival.
(c) Neville.
(d) Louis.

3. To which poet does Bernard compare himself to the point of attempting imitation in Section 3?
(a) Robert Burns.
(b) Lord Byron.
(c) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
(d) John Keats.

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

5. How does Rhoda characterize herself at the end of Section 3?
(a) As a woman.
(b) As a lover.
(c) As a fighter.
(d) As a girl.

6. Who provides an elaborate description of bathing at the end of the day?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Louis.

7. What significant fact does the reader learn about Bernard's life early in Section 4?
(a) He has become famous.
(b) He is engaged to be married.
(c) He is on his way to a funeral.
(d) He is dying.

8. Who is primarily focused on appearances early in Section 2?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Susan.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Louis.

9. What does Bernard acknowledge about his and the other boys' first night at school?
(a) That it is the first time sleeping in a new place.
(b) That it is the first time far from home.
(c) That it is the first time apart from their sisters.
(d) That it is the first time apart from their parents.

10. Which of the speakers expresses an appreciation for natural beauty in Section 3?
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Susan.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Neville.

11. To what does the narrator compare the sound of the waves at the end of Section 3's beginning?
(a) Roman soldiers.
(b) Turbaned warriors.
(c) British infantry.
(d) Mongol hordes.

12. What are the boys doing when the monologues in Section 2 return to their perspective?
(a) Heading to classes.
(b) Playing at recess.
(c) Walking to lunch.
(d) Going to chapel.

13. Who is picking flowers alone in the novel's first section?
(a) Susan.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Louis.

14. Who arrives to pick up Rhoda at the end of Section 1?
(a) Miss Hudson.
(b) Biddy.
(c) Her Aunt.
(d) Percival.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Rhoda in Section 1 that someone has arrived to pick her up?

2. Who professes that Bernard looks composed?

3. Who "only understands cries of love, hate, rage and pain"?

4. What is the name of the boys' headmaster?

5. In what city is Bernard in the beginning of Section 4?

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