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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator work?
(a) Library.
(b) School.
(c) Church.
(d) Zoo.

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

3. Who does Jacqueline lock out of her apartment?
(a) Louise.
(b) Bathsheba.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Elgin.

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

5. Which of the following describes Elgin and Louise's marriage?
(a) They lack physical affection.
(b) They lack compassion for anybody except themselves.
(c) They don't spend any time together anymore.
(d) They lack internal affection.

6. Before learning the truth, what did Jacqueline think her relationship with the narrator was?
(a) A commitment.
(b) A marriage.
(c) A casual encounter.
(d) A one-sided relationship.

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

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

9. What is Elgin's religion?
(a) He is Jewish.
(b) He is Catholic.
(c) He is an atheist.
(d) He is Protestant.

10. Which of the following describes Jacqueline's allure to the narrator?
(a) Sick.
(b) Simple.
(c) Sensitive.
(d) Passionate.

11. What does the narrator consider unsatisfying when done alone?
(a) Eat at a restaurant.
(b) Go to the bookstore.
(c) Drink coffee.
(d) Watch people through windows.

12. According to the narrator, how many married women have affairs?
(a) Less than 10 percent of them.
(b) A quarter of them.
(c) Half of them.
(d) All of them.

13. Which of the following best describes Inge?
(a) A terrorist.
(b) A pacificst.
(c) A democrat.
(d) A republican.

14. Where is Louise from?
(a) China.
(b) Canada.
(c) Australia.
(d) America.

15. What does the violence in the novel represent?
(a) Realism.
(b) Pessimism.
(c) Postmodernism.
(d) Idealism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What suggests that the narrator's relationship with Louise will be different from previous relationships?

3. How does Louise view Elgin?

4. What explains Louise's easy affection for the narrator?

5. What is Louise's last name?

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