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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At whose house do the narrator and Louise carry on an affair?
(a) Elgin's parent's.
(b) The narrator's ex-lover's.
(c) Elgin's.
(d) Jacqueline's.

2. What language does the narrator translate for work?
(a) Japanese.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Russian.
(d) French.

3. Which of the following is the narrator afraid of?
(a) Louise treating their relationship like an affair.
(b) Jacqueline hurting Louise and Elgin.
(c) Elgin finding out about Louise's affair with the narrator.
(d) Louise fearing a relationship with the narrator.

4. What is on the note that the narrator leaves for Louise?
(a) The address of the narrator's work.
(b) "I love you."
(c) The cottage's address.
(d) "I cannot get over you. Find me."

5. Where do Louise and the narrator go together on vacation?
(a) France.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Los Angeles.

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

7. Which ex-lover seems to effect the narrator the most?
(a) Jacqueline.
(b) Bathsheba.
(c) Igne.
(d) Bruno.

8. Why did Elgin end up sending the narrator away?
(a) To have another chance with Louise.
(b) To make sure the narrator was being true to Louise.
(c) To hurt Louise physically.
(d) To get revenge.

9. After how many weeks searching for Louise does the narrator decide to go back to the country?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

10. How does the narrator get back to London from the countryside?
(a) Train.
(b) Airplane.
(c) Car.
(d) Bike.

11. What does the narrator hope that Elgin can do when he moves away?
(a) Take Louise somewhere she can be happy.
(b) Learn to show emotion for Louise.
(c) Get Louise psychiatric help.
(d) Cure Louise's cancer.

12. Which of the following shows how the narrator has grown from the beginning of the novel to the end?
(a) The narrator no longer seeks affairs.
(b) The narrator realizes that safe harbor is better than danger.
(c) The narrator no longer has anger problems.
(d) The narrator finds it easier to cope with loss.

13. Which of the following becomes most important to the narrator by the end of the novel?
(a) Sexual tension.
(b) Helping others.
(c) Work.
(d) Love.

14. Which of the following thoughts soothes the narrator while living in the countryside?
(a) Louise and Elgin will be together.
(b) Louise is happy.
(c) Louise still loves her.
(d) Louise is still alive.

15. What can the reader infer about Elgin before the narrator moves?
(a) Elgin would like to kill Louise.
(b) Elgin wants to get revenge for the narrator's indiscretion.
(c) Elgin loves Louise despite everything.
(d) Elgin would like the narrator to die.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Elgin want Louise to go for treatment?

2. Where does the narrator get a job in the country?

3. Upon moving to the country, what does the narrator begin to study?

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

5. Who is Elgin arriving home with when the narrator sees him?

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