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

2. What is the name of the narrator's boss?
(a) Ginny.
(b) Gail.
(c) Gaby.
(d) Greta.

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

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

5. Which of the following describes the narrator's plan to find Louise?
(a) The narrator will visit all the places the two of them went together.
(b) The narrator will wait at the hospital for her to come in.
(c) The narrator will hide out in their shared apartment.
(d) The narrator will stalk Louise's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator get thrown out of?

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

3. Whose mother does the narrator visit in search of Louise?

4. When the narrator and his or her boss share a bed, why doesn't anything sexual happen between them?

5. Which pairing of characters has the most sexual tension?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator decide to leave Louise?

2. Describe the narrator's search for Louise.

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

4. When the narrator leaves Louise, who do you think is happiest?

5. What is Louise's goal throughout the novel? Has she achieved this goal yet?

6. How does the narrator grieve in the countryside?

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

8. Why does Louise file for divorce?

9. How does the narrator know that he or she made a mistake?

10. What is the narrator's goal throughout the novel? Has he or she achieved it so far?

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