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

2. Who promises to keep the narrator informed about Louise's condition?
(a) Louise.
(b) Louise's doctor.
(c) Jacqueline.
(d) Elgin.

3. 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 stalk Louise's mother.
(c) The narrator will wait at the hospital for her to come in.
(d) The narrator will hide out in their shared apartment.

4. How long do Louise and the narrator live together?
(a) Weeks.
(b) Days.
(c) Months.
(d) Years.

5. What can the reader infer about Elgin before the narrator moves?
(a) Elgin wants to get revenge for the narrator's indiscretion.
(b) Elgin would like the narrator to die.
(c) Elgin loves Louise despite everything.
(d) Elgin would like to kill Louise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following types of love is a theme in the novel?

2. Where does Elgin want Louise to go for treatment?

3. Why is it significant that Louise and the narrator go on vacation?

4. What does Elgin get tired of hearing?

5. Who does trusts Elgin the least?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Louise say that she doesn't need treatment? Is she telling the truth?

3. Describe the narrator's confrontation with Elgin.

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

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

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

7. How is Gail similar to Jacqueline?

8. What is Gail's role in the novel?

9. How does Louise affect the narrator's work?

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

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