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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say gave John the few square feet of earth that he could live on?
(a) Slab of earth.
(b) Garden of death.
(c) Temple of solace.
(d) Tomb of joy.

2. Finish this sentence: "I haven't lived with a vain imagination, in the most besotted _________."
(a) Times.
(b) Illusion.
(c) Days.
(d) Hours.

3. What does John fling himself on at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) A tree stump.
(b) A rose bush.
(c) May's grave.
(d) A bench.

4. Finish this sentence: "If you're glad of what it's not it might then have been _____."
(a) Worse.
(b) Bad.
(c) Better.
(d) Good.

5. Who comes into the room where May and John are having their conversation near the end of Chapter 4?
(a) A dog.
(b) May's cousin.
(c) A cat.
(d) May's maid.

6. What does the narrator say May's name on her headstone did to John in Chapter 6?
(a) Killed him.
(b) Hurt him.
(c) Smote him.
(d) Silenced him.

7. What does May tell John he takes for granted in Chapter 5?
(a) His fortune.
(b) His love.
(c) Her feelings.
(d) His feelings.

8. What does John say his illumination of his love for May blazed to in Chapter 6?
(a) The onyx.
(b) The diamond.
(c) The zenith.
(d) The sphinx.

9. What distinction does John believe he has that is a terrible truth to him?
(a) Being rich.
(b) Being ordinary.
(c) Being common.
(d) Being alone.

10. What does John claim he was afraid of during his conversation with May in Chapter 4?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Nothingness.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Loneliness.

11. Complete the sentence: "I thought of _______ things, between which it was difficult to choose; and so must you have done."
(a) Horrible.
(b) Fine.
(c) Dreadful.
(d) Good.

12. Which of the following people are not mentioned by John as being in May's chamber as she lay dying in Chapter 5?
(a) Nurses.
(b) The maid.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Relatives.

13. What does John say his "jungle" has been thrashed to in Chapter 5?
(a) Hollowness.
(b) Emptiness.
(c) Vacancy.
(d) Nothing.

14. Where does John sit after leaving May's house at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) On a bench.
(b) On the ground.
(c) In a chair,
(d) On a stool.

15. Finish this sentence: "Assuredly--if you mean, as I do, something that includes all the loss and all the shame that are _______."
(a) Possible.
(b) Thinkable.
(c) Caused.
(d) Happening.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two words are used to describe the light in May's eyes in Chapter 4?

2. Where does it say John traveled to during his travels in Chapter 6?

3. How often does the narrator say John would visit May's grave?

4. What reason does John give for getting up from his seat in May's house in Chapter 5?

5. Who is described as "the creature beneath the sod?"

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