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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 say she is afraid of?
(a) Seeing Vercueil in her dreams.
(b) Dying.
(c) The dog biting her.
(d) Hearing the national anthem for eternity.

2. What does the narrator refuse to do?
(a) Leave her house.
(b) Leave the dog alone.
(c) Allow an officer to pat her down.
(d) Allow the police to enter.

3. Who serves as a guide for the people in the narrator's car?
(a) An old man.
(b) A 10 year old boy.
(c) A 10 year old girl.
(d) A 20 year old boy.

4. What does the narrator try to do while tipsy?
(a) Go for a swim.
(b) Kiss Mr. Vercueil.
(c) Drive.
(d) Throw the bottle out of the car.

5. What does the narrator and her group stop to watch?
(a) A fire.
(b) A knife fight.
(c) A bomb.
(d) A beating.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator feel towards the boy?

2. How was Florence dressed in the narrator's dream?

3. What does the narrator wonder about her daughter?

4. What road does the narrator want to drive her car down?

5. Who helps the narrator find her way home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator wonder about her ability to love?

2. What does the narrator think about when sitting in the car alone?

3. What is playing on the television when Mr. Vercueil brings the television into the room?

4. What does the narrator explain over tea?

5. How is Mr. Vercueil different at the start of Part Three, pg. 115-147?

6. What does the narrator recall about her daughter?

7. What is the narrator told when she asks who is responsible?

8. What seems to ease Mrs. Curren's pain?

9. What does Mrs. Curren do when Mr. Vercueil is not looking?

10. Why is Florence comforted inside the building?

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