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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 thunderstorm.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A sandstorm.
(d) A monsoon.

2. What does May ask John is in question for her after they begin discussing his secret near the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Her sanity.
(b) Her intimacy.
(c) Her happiness.
(d) Her sadness.

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

4. What does John say "lay in wait for him, amid the twists and the turns of the months and the years" in Chapter 2?
(a) A dog in the woods.
(b) A crouching beast in the jungle.
(c) A fox in the forest.
(d) A shark in the ocean.

5. What does May suggest what the narrator describes as "perhaps but the expectation--or at any rate the sense of danger, familiar to so many people?"
(a) Falling in love.
(b) Dying.
(c) Having a family.
(d) Being sick.

6. What does May tell John she has a disorder of in Chapter 3?
(a) Heart.
(b) Blood.
(c) Brain.
(d) Lungs.

7. What does John ask to himself in regards to May's "appearance of variation from the usual human type?"
(a) "What is it that saves you?"
(b) "Do you love me?"
(c) "What is the matter?"
(d) "Is this right?"

8. Complete this sentence: "Only, you know, the form and the way in your case were to have been--well, something so _____ and, as one may say, so particularly your own."
(a) Wondrous.
(b) Exceptional.
(c) Amazing.
(d) Imaginary.

9. What does John tell May he often wonders if it's fair in Chapter 2?
(a) For May to be so involved in his secret.
(b) For he and May to be friends.
(c) For he and May to become married.
(d) For May to be granted her inheritance.

10. What kind of failure does the narrator say a "drop of dignity under the shadow" would become in Chapter 3?
(a) Silly.
(b) Horrible.
(c) Insane.
(d) Grotesque.

11. On what does John say he doesn't 't think a lady is meant to accompany him in Chapter 2?
(a) A witch hunt.
(b) A soul search.
(c) A tiger hunt.
(d) Important matters.

12. What does May claim is the only thing that concerns her after she and John begin discussing his secret in Chapter 3?
(a) For them to be friends.
(b) For John to be happy.
(c) For her to be happy.
(d) For John to pass as normal.

13. What does John describe as the frugal way he finishes his evenings with May?
(a) With supper.
(b) With drinks.
(c) With dessert.
(d) With dancing.

14. Why does John say May cannot simply be a mere confidant in Chapter 2?
(a) Because she doesn't trust him.
(b) Because of her interest in his predicament.
(c) Because she is a woman.
(d) Because he doesn't trust her.

15. What does May refer to John's secret as to him in Chapter 2?
(a) The dirty laundry.
(b) The past.
(c) The secret death.
(d) The real truth about you.

Short Answer Questions

1. Complete this sentence: "Not indeed that I in the least connect with my impression the _______ name you use".

2. To where does John often have May accompany him as revealed at the beginning of Chapter 3?

3. What does John attribute as the reason for May being named the successor of her aunt's estate?

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

5. What does John say caused the gap to fill up and supplied the missing link?

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