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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 87-139.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the narrator's relationship with Jacqueline stop expanding?
(a) When they got married.
(b) When they moved in together.
(c) When they met each other's parents.
(d) When they had a child.

2. Why is the narrator dating Jacqueline?
(a) The narrator wants to get revenge on Jacqueline.
(b) The narrator loves her.
(c) The narrator feels bad for her.
(d) The narrator wants to avoid getting hurt.

3. How did Elgin's mother die?
(a) Gun injury.
(b) Car accident.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Complications after surgery.

4. What is most significant about the narrator?
(a) The narrator is unlikeable.
(b) The narrator has had many affairs.
(c) The reader doesn't understand the narrator's motives.
(d) The reader doesn't know the gender or name of the narrator.

5. What is the narrator scared will happen if he or she reveals his or her true feelings to Louise?
(a) She will be scared away.
(b) She will become too eager.
(c) She will fear the narrator.
(d) She will benefit from not knowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator afraid of about revealing his or her relationship with Louise?

2. How does Louise view Elgin?

3. What happens to the handcuff key?

4. What actually causes Elgin to show emotion?

5. Why is it significant that Louise and the narrator go on vacation?

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