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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last name of the family May says she was staying with when she met the narrator?
(a) Brennan.
(b) Johnston.
(c) Williams.
(d) Boyer.

2. What does May say was the "incident" that caused her to "seek refuge" when she had met the narrator for the first time?
(a) A tornado.
(b) A sandstorm.
(c) A monsoon.
(d) A thunderstorm.

3. What does the narrator say the items being perused by the visitors "almost made" the house?
(a) Famous.
(b) Spoiled.
(c) Haunted.
(d) Magnificent.

4. Where does May tell John they actually met?
(a) Florence.
(b) Naples.
(c) Venice.
(d) Rome.

5. How old does the narrator say he was when he met May for the first time?
(a) 25.
(b) 20.
(c) 35.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years does May say it has been since her first meeting with the narrator?

2. What does the narrator say the guests who "took such matters with the last seriousness" give themselves up to in Chapter 1?

3. Finish this sentence: "You know you told me something I've never forgotten and that again and again has made me think of you since; it was that tremendously hot day when we went to Sorrento, across the bay, for the ________".

4. What is John's last name?

5. Complete this sentence: "God knows I don't want anything. It's only a question of the __________ that haunts me."

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