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

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

3. Who repeats variations of the phrase, "I will gather my flowers and present them--Oh! to whom?"
(a) Bernard.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Susan.

4. What word best describes Rhoda's tone in Section 1?
(a) Excited.
(b) Neurotic.
(c) Pleased.
(d) Despairing.

5. Which of the female characters does Neville express respect for?
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Susan.
(c) Biddy.
(d) Jinny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the boys doing when the monologues in Section 2 return to their perspective?

2. Who professes that Bernard looks composed?

3. Who is enamored with the light caused by Miss Lambert's ring?

4. Which of the girls is first to speak in Section 2?

5. Who is fond of the "orderly progress" exhibited by the schoolboys?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Section 2 is structured.

2. Describe the attitude of the characters towards each other prior to Percival's arrival in Section 4.

3. What is significant about the way Section 2 is introduced?

4. Which of the boys seems to have the strongest attachment to Percival? Please provide some evidence in your answer.

5. Overall, what should the reader take away as most significant from Section 1?

6. Describe the fears, or the lack of fears, that the characters articulate in Section 3.

7. Bernard is clearly becoming the most central of the six characters. Describe his characteristics as he appears in Section 3.

8. Briefly analyze Neville's attitude towards religion.

9. Why is it relevant that Bernard is the first speaker in Section 4?

10. What is the major event that occurs in Section 4, and why is it significant?

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