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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who instigated the kiss in the garden?
(a) Louis.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Susan.

2. How does Wolfe describe the birds' song at the beginning of the first section?
(a) "A disruptive cacophony."
(b) "Barely audible."
(c) "Like the chiming of bells."
(d) "A blank melody outside."

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

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

5. Why is one of the characters not permitted to go on the walk in Section 1?
(a) The character has to go to the playing fields.
(b) The character has to finish grammar exercises.
(c) The character is considered too sickly.
(d) The character has to picked up by an aunt.

6. When he is alone, who "is nothing" in Section 4?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Neville.
(c) Louis.
(d) Rhoda.

7. What do the characters do upon Percival's arrival in Section 4?
(a) Immediately begin recalling the past.
(b) Stand to greet him.
(c) Fall silent.
(d) Stand and leave.

8. What is Bernard doing at the beginning of Section 3?
(a) Writing a letter.
(b) Talking to Percival.
(c) Meeting Susan.
(d) Eating dinner.

9. Who decides to "put off my hopeless desire to be Susan, to be Jinny"?
(a) Biddy.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Mrs. Constable.
(d) Jinny.

10. How old is Rhoda in Section 3?
(a) Not yet 21.
(b) Almost 15.
(c) Just turned 25.
(d) Just turned 19.

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

12. What effect does Percival's presence have on the characters when he arrives in Section 4?
(a) It confuses them.
(b) It causes them to leave.
(c) It enrages them.
(d) It calms them.

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

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

15. What is Louis doing upon the commencement of his major monologue in Section 3?
(a) Meeting Susan.
(b) Writing.
(c) Meeting Bernard and Neville.
(d) Reading and eating.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose "mind is far too complex to be roused by any single activity"?

2. What image is Susan reminded of at the end of her monologue in Section 3?

3. How did the character who witnesses the kiss in Section 1 react to it?

4. Who does Bernard refer to as "the authentics" in Section 4?

5. Which of the female characters does Neville express respect for?

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