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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Louise finally decide to leave Elgin?
(a) He physically abuses her.
(b) He mentally beats her down.
(c) She thinks it's the best decision for everybody.
(d) She can't stand to be with him one more night.

2. What is the name of the narrator's boss?
(a) Ginny.
(b) Gail.
(c) Greta.
(d) Gaby.

3. Who is the narrator's boss most similar to?
(a) Bathsheba.
(b) Louise.
(c) Jacqueline.
(d) Elgin.

4. Which of the following types of love is a theme in the novel?
(a) Love without gender.
(b) Love without commitment.
(c) Love without pain.
(d) Love without location.

5. Where did the narrator find the animal he or she adopts?
(a) Countryside.
(b) Animal shelter.
(c) Vet's office.
(d) Inside the home when he or she moved in.

6. What does the narrator begin to find comfort in while living in the countryside?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Bartending.
(c) Books.
(d) Animals.

7. Which of the following describes the time Louise and the narrator lived together?
(a) Bliss.
(b) Intense fury.
(c) Timidity.
(d) Fear.

8. According to the message of the story, what is love more than?
(a) Pleasing everybody.
(b) Growing as a person.
(c) Societal restrictions.
(d) Health.

9. What does the narrator first notice that is odd about the cottage upon returning?
(a) The refrigerator is full.
(b) There is a note on the door.
(c) All the lights are on.
(d) The bed is unmade.

10. What does Elgin tell the narrator when the narrator is looking for Louise?
(a) Louise is in the hospital.
(b) Louise has died.
(c) Louise does not want to see him again.
(d) Louise has run away.

11. When the narrator and his or her boss share a bed, why doesn't anything sexual happen between them?
(a) The narrator is too emotional.
(b) The narrator's boss is angry.
(c) The narrator's boss is drunk.
(d) The narrator is drunk.

12. What actually causes Elgin to show emotion?
(a) Louise's diagnosis.
(b) The narrator's love for Louise.
(c) The death of his father.
(d) Louise's affair.

13. How does the narrator feel upon moving away?
(a) Heartbroken.
(b) Angry.
(c) Content.
(d) Vengeful.

14. Which of the following describes the narrator's plan to find Louise?
(a) The narrator will stalk Louise's mother.
(b) The narrator will hide out in their shared apartment.
(c) The narrator will visit all the places the two of them went together.
(d) The narrator will wait at the hospital for her to come in.

15. What does the narrator hope for Louise when he moves away?
(a) Good mental health.
(b) Romantic love with Elgin.
(c) A full life.
(d) Revenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Elgin end up sending the narrator away?

2. What does the narrator's boss urge him or her to do?

3. How does Elgin grow throughout the novel?

4. After how many weeks searching for Louise does the narrator decide to go back to the country?

5. What does Louise decide to do after the vacation?

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