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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 old is Jinny when the reader encounters her in Section 6?
(a) "Nearly thirty-five."
(b) "Past thirty."
(c) "Just forty."
(d) "Not yet thirty."

2. Who is the next speaker in Section 7?
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Susan.

3. Where are the characters gathering in Section 8?
(a) Louis' home in Surrey.
(b) A cafe in London.
(c) Neville's home in Liverpool.
(d) A restaurant in Hampton Court.

4. What does Bernard seem to be struggling to do during his final monologue of Section 8?
(a) Write.
(b) Talk.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Read.

5. Which of the characters appears most able to move on from the significant news in Section 5?
(a) Louis.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Susan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 8, who contends that the characters have "destroyed something by our presence"?

2. Where has the sun moved to at the beginning of Section 6?

3. Who does Bernard decide against comforting in Section 5?

4. In Section 8, when does Bernard arrive in relation to the other characters?

5. In Section 6, Who remarks, "Percival has died . . . Life passes."?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is different about Susan in Section 7?

2. Describe how Louis appears in Section 6.

3. How is Section 6's opening description distinct, and what should the reader expect from the rest of the section?

4. Elaborate on what Rhoda identifies as the problems the characters have faced in their lives in Section 8.

5. What is most notable about Section 5's opening description and why?

6. What are the characters doing at the beginning of Section 8, and why is that important?

7. What is significant about how Rhoda appears in Section 7?

8. What in particular separates Section 7 from the prior two sections, and why is that significant?

9. What is the significance of the way the birds are depicted in Section 7's introduction?

10. The first thing the reader learns in Section 5 is that Percival has died. How did he die, and who does it seem to have the strongest effect on?

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