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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While talking to Devlin, what does Dexter realize he is doing, without knowing why?
(a) Crying.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Talkng to Devlin.
(d) Losing consciousness.

2. In what month did Dexter move East?
(a) June.
(b) February.
(c) August.
(d) December.

3. According to the narrator Judy wanted nothing more than what?
(a) To marry Dexter.
(b) To break Dexter's heart.
(c) To take Dexter away from Irene.
(d) To go to New York.

4. What dose Dexter realize he does not possess in order to keep Judy?
(a) Courage.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Concern.
(d) Power.

5. When Dexter sees Judy again after a long break, where had she been?
(a) Florida.
(b) Michigan.
(c) New York.
(d) Minnesota.

6. How does Dexter feel after he realizes who says, "Hello, darling" in Part 4?
(a) Worried.
(b) Excited.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

7. What does Dexter close his eyes and try to envision after Devlin leaves his office?
(a) Marrying Judy.
(b) Waters lapping Sherry Island.
(c) Boating with Judy.
(d) Skiing on the golf course.

8. How did the war make Dexter feel?
(a) Worried that he may be drafted.
(b) Anxious to help out.
(c) Sad for the loss of his friends.
(d) Liberated from webs of tangled emotion.

9. What does Dexter feel like doing for the first time in his life when he learns Judy is no longer beautiful?
(a) Killing himself.
(b) Returning to his parents' house.
(c) Going to London.
(d) Getting very drunk.

10. How old is Dexter the first summer he spends time with Judy?
(a) Twenty-Four.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Thirty-Two.
(d) Ninteen.

11. The deep pain Dexter feels is reserved only for the what?
(a) The week.
(b) The strong.
(c) Those in love.
(d) The foolish.

12. According to the narrator, this story is not Dexter's what?
(a) Biography.
(b) Thesis.
(c) Sonnet.
(d) Dissertation.

13. When Dexter goes to the dance in Part 4, who comes up behind him and says, "Hello, darling."
(a) Judy.
(b) Judy's mother.
(c) Irene's mother.
(d) Irene.

14. What does Dexter see Judy do in Part 4 that he has never seen her do before?
(a) Cry.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Yell.
(d) Punch someone.

15. Where had Dexter's winter dreams flourished?
(a) In life.
(b) In youth.
(c) In death.
(d) In New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Part 4, what entertained Judy?

2. What does Dexter say when Judy invites him into her house at the end of Part 4?

3. What does Judy say after she proclaims that she is "More beautiful than anybody else?"

4. In Part 6, how long has it been since Dexter has been to Black Bear?

5. When asked if Judy runs around, what does Devlin say?

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