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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the narrator view Elgin's attempts to get the narrator to move away?
(a) The best in Elgin's nature.
(b) Elgin's hatred.
(c) Elgin's pure love.
(d) Elgin's selfishness.

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

4. Where does the narrator go in an attempt to find comfort in the countryside?
(a) Psychiatrist.
(b) Group therapy.
(c) Church.
(d) Graveyard.

5. What does the narrator handcuff himself/herself to?
(a) A bookshelf.
(b) A co-worker.
(c) A desk.
(d) A chair.

6. 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.

7. When back in London, where does the narrator first go?
(a) The narrator's old apartment.
(b) Louise's hospital.
(c) Elgin's house.
(d) Elgin's parent's house.

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

9. What type of feelings does the narrator's boss have for the narrator?
(a) Sexual.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Negative.
(d) Ambivalent.

10. Who does the narrator find the most love with?
(a) Louise.
(b) Bathsheba.
(c) The narrator's boss.
(d) Jacqueline.

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

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 has anger problems.
(b) The narrator finds it easier to cope with loss.
(c) The narrator no longer seeks affairs.
(d) The narrator realizes that safe harbor is better than danger.

13. Which of the following best describes the narrator's ultimate goal?
(a) For Louise to be healthy and safe.
(b) For Elgin to make Louise happy.
(c) For Louise to pursue her dreams.
(d) To find fulfillment in work.

14. Where does Elgin want Louise to go for treatment?
(a) Germany.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) France.
(d) United States.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Louise grow throughout the novel?

3. Which of the following describes the narrator's plan to find Louise?

4. Which character is the symbol of mistrust in the novel?

5. How does the narrator feel upon moving away?

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