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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. Over what does a botanist mourn?
(a) His dangerous poison ivy.
(b) His unusual daisies.
(c) His beautiful orchids.
(d) His rare specimen of edelweiss.

2. Why is the woman at the beginning of the chapter running through the forest?
(a) From unknown pursuers.
(b) She is chasing an animal.
(c) She is late to the party.
(d) Toward a clearing.

3. Two days later, how is the hotel still feeling the affects of the storm?
(a) The number of hotel guests is significantly lower.
(b) The storm has flooded the basement and billiard room.
(c) There is no food to serve.
(d) One wing of the hotel has not been repaired.

4. What is being held outside?
(a) A barbecue.
(b) A funeral for those who died in the flood and fire.
(c) A boat party.
(d) A celebration for those who survived the flood and fire.

5. What does the couple discover are falling from a broken cable car high above the mountains?
(a) Stars.
(b) Sky divers.
(c) Several hotel guests.
(d) Black cats.

Short Answer Questions

1. That night, who begins to produce milk?

2. What does the man do to the woman's hair?

3. How does the couple find the hotel on their return?

4. What does the couple do when the weather improves?

5. The couple ventures down the mountain a ways, and then where do they stop?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who interrupts the couple by the stream? What does this character tell them?

2. From whom are the letters?

3. From the mountain the man points out what he believes to be parachutists, but what does the couple discover?

4. Why does Lionheart believe it is best for everyone to discuss the unusual events at the hotel?

5. How does one know with what the woman is obsessed?

6. Name two other strange stories that the guests tell.

7. Describe the woman and man. Where are they headed?

8. What is particularly shocking about the language? Why is it so shocking?

9. What do the people on the yacht do?

10. What happens after the woman begins to produce milk?

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