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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Louise grow throughout the novel?
(a) She realizes she loves the narrator.
(b) She realizes she does need treatment.
(c) She realizes she doesn't need anybody else.
(d) She realizes that it's more important to be with somebody who takes care of you than who loves you.

2. 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 is once again having an affair.
(d) The narrator doesn't actually love Louise.

3. What does Louise say about seeking treatment?
(a) She needs it but would rather die.
(b) She has already been in treatment.
(c) It's not necessary.
(d) She needs it but has no money.

4. Upon moving, why does the narrator begin studying?
(a) To begin working on translations again.
(b) To tell Louise's story.
(c) To know what Louise is going through.
(d) To reveal Elgin as a fraud.

5. Why is it significant that Louise and the narrator go on vacation?
(a) They learn more about each other.
(b) They get married.
(c) They learn to truly appreciate each other.
(d) They build memories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What location does the narrator call while looking for Louise and after returning from the countryside?

2. What does Elgin get tired of hearing?

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

4. Where did the narrator find the animal he or she adopts?

5. What does the narrator hope that Elgin can do when he moves away?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator prove deep love for Louise?

2. How is Gail similar to Jacqueline?

3. By the end of the novel, do you think that the narrator is a man or woman?

4. Why might the reader be suspicious of Elgin's behavior?

5. What is Elgin's goal throughout the novel? Has he achieved this goal yet?

6. Why does the narrator decide to leave Louise?

7. Did the narrator make the right choice in leaving Louise? Why or why not?

8. Describe the role "love without gender" plays in the novel.

9. Describe the narrator's new life in the countryside.

10. Why does Louise file for divorce?

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