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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following describes the narrator's plan to find Louise?
(a) The narrator will hide out in their shared apartment.
(b) The narrator will stalk Louise's mother.
(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.

2. Whose mother does the narrator visit in search of Louise?
(a) Jacqueline's mother.
(b) Louise's mother.
(c) The narrator's mother.
(d) Elgin's mother.

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

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

5. Where does the narrator get thrown out of?
(a) Library.
(b) Office building.
(c) Museum.
(d) Zoo.

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

7. What does the narrator's boss urge him or her to do?
(a) Kill Elgin.
(b) Return to Jacqueline.
(c) Forget Louise entirely.
(d) Return to Louise.

8. What condition does Louise have?
(a) Bulimia.
(b) Bipolar disorder.
(c) Brain tumor.
(d) Leukemia.

9. What location does the narrator call while looking for Louise and after returning from the countryside?
(a) A clinic in Switzerland.
(b) A cancer research facility in Paris.
(c) A hospital in Amsterdam.
(d) An apartment in New York.

10. What does the reader learn about the narrator over the course of the novel?
(a) The memory the narrator reveals is a happy one.
(b) The narrator would like to get revenge on Elgin.
(c) The narrator doesn't actually love Louise.
(d) The narrator is once again having an affair.

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

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

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

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

15. Who does trusts Elgin the least?
(a) Inge.
(b) Louise.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Jacqueline.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon moving, why does the narrator begin studying?

2. Which ex-lover seems to effect the narrator the most?

3. Which of the following thoughts soothes the narrator while living in the countryside?

4. What happens to the handcuff key?

5. Which of the following best describes the narrator's ultimate goal?

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