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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elgin get tired of hearing?
(a) Louise and the narrator carrying on their affair.
(b) Louise's complaints about health concerns.
(c) The narrator's phone calls.
(d) Jacqueline's phone calls.

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

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

4. What must be damaged to free the narrator from handcuffs?
(a) Axe.
(b) Chair.
(c) Table.
(d) Desk.

5. What happens to the handcuff key?
(a) Somebody maliciously hides it.
(b) It is pushed out of reach.
(c) It gets thrown away.
(d) Somebody leaves with it.

6. Who convinces the narrator to leave Louise?
(a) Louise.
(b) Jacqueline.
(c) Elgin.
(d) A co-worker.

7. What type of animal does the narrator adopt?
(a) Dog.
(b) Squirrel.
(c) Horse.
(d) Cat.

8. Where does the narrator go second in the search for Louise?
(a) Elgin's house.
(b) Louise's hospital.
(c) Elgin's research facility.
(d) Louise's apartment.

9. While living in the countryside, who does the narrator try to contact about Louise's health?
(a) Jacqueline.
(b) Elgin's father.
(c) Elgin.
(d) Louise.

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

11. Which character would be considered to be the most heroic in the novel?
(a) Elgin.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Jacqueline.
(d) Gail.

12. How does Elgin grow throughout the novel?
(a) He realizes that his own happiness often relies too much on love.
(b) He realizes that he needs to let Louise be happy.
(c) He does not grow.
(d) He realizes that love prevails.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator give the key to the handcuffs?

2. Where does the narrator get thrown out of?

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

4. When back in London, where does the narrator first go?

5. Why does the narrator try to distance himself/herself from his/her boss?

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