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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 does the narrator begin to find comfort in while living in the countryside?
(a) Books.
(b) Bartending.
(c) Animals.
(d) Cooking.

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

3. What type of home does the narrator rent in the country?
(a) Mansion.
(b) Condo.
(c) Cottage.
(d) Apartment.

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

5. What actually causes Elgin to show emotion?
(a) Louise's diagnosis.
(b) The death of his father.
(c) The narrator's love for Louise.
(d) Louise's affair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Louise say about seeking treatment?

2. Which of the following states does it seem that the narrator likes, becoming apparent after the narrator moves?

3. Why does Louise finally decide to leave Elgin?

4. What type of feelings does the narrator's boss have for the narrator?

5. Which of the following becomes most important to the narrator by the end of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is selfishness a theme in the novel?

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

3. Why does Louise file for divorce?

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

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

6. What is significant about the narrator and Louise going on vacation together?

7. How is Gail similar to Jacqueline?

8. How does the narrator grieve in the countryside?

9. Describe the narrator's confrontation with Elgin.

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

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