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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 141-190.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, who would never appreciate an affair?
(a) Elgin.
(b) Louise.
(c) Jacqueline.
(d) Bathsheba.

2. What type of facility does Elgin say can help Louise?
(a) Pediatric hospital.
(b) Cancer facility.
(c) Psychiatric hospital.
(d) Research labs.

3. What does the narrator tell Jacqueline that prompts a problem?
(a) That the narrator is going back to Bathsheba.
(b) That the narrator is having an affair with Elgin.
(c) The truth about the narrator's relationship with Louise.
(d) That the narrator simply doesn't love Jacqueline anymore.

4. What is the relationship between Louise and Elgin?
(a) They are married.
(b) They are friends.
(c) They are dating.
(d) They are related.

5. What condition does Louise have?
(a) Leukemia.
(b) Bipolar disorder.
(c) Brain tumor.
(d) Bulimia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe having an affair?

2. What do vague elements in the story allow the reader to focus on?

3. How does the narrator feel upon moving away?

4. When the narrator and his or her boss share a bed, why doesn't anything sexual happen between them?

5. When the narrator reflects back on early days of his or her affair with Louise, what types of memories are they?

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