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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Doctors.
(c) Relatives.
(d) The maid.

2. What does John say had only been smothered, but still throbbed and could bleed?
(a) His ache.
(b) His desire.
(c) His secret.
(d) His heartache.

3. What does John say he is afraid he has spent his whole life thinking of in Chapter 4?
(a) Other people.
(b) Dreadful things.
(c) Bad thoughts.
(d) Only himself.

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

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

6. What reason does John give for getting up from his seat in May's house in Chapter 5?
(a) He didn't want to look at her.
(b) He couldn't combat his yearning.
(c) He had to be somewhere.
(d) He was going to cry.

7. What does John decide to do after May's funeral?
(a) Eat.
(b) Travel.
(c) Go to church.
(d) Pray.

8. What does John say his existence had grown strangely more of in Chapter 5?
(a) Short.
(b) Small.
(c) Spacious.
(d) Large.

9. What does John say was an oddity in regards to his nervousness in Chapter 4?
(a) That he was not more nervous.
(b) That he was less nervous than he had thought.
(c) That it came before his doubts.
(d) That is came at all.

10. Why does John say he wouldn't make it known that May had been watching him in Chapter 5?
(a) Because she would want it that way.
(b) Because he was scared.
(c) Because he was ashamed.
(d) Because it would have brought attention to the Beast.

11. What words does John use to describe May's appearance near the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) "Out of it."
(b) "Senseless."
(c) "Out of sorts."
(d) "In the zone."

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

13. How is the cemetery in which May was buried in London described in Chapter 5?
(a) Great and grey.
(b) White and ghostly.
(c) Dark and dank.
(d) Black and dreary.

14. What age is the man that John sees in the cemetery mourning in Chapter 6?
(a) A child.
(b) Elderly.
(c) A teenager.
(d) Middle-aged.

15. What does John realize his escape would have been near the end of Chapter 6?
(a) To be alone.
(b) To eat.
(c) To love May.
(d) To die.

Short Answer Questions

1. Complete the sentence: "What do you regard as the very worst that at this time of day can ______ to me."

2. What does the narrator say always "reigned" in regards to May's home in Chapter 4?

3. What does John do after May tells him he will not suffer because of his secret?

4. Complete this sentence: "Ah you not being aware of it is the _________ in the strangeness."

5. What does John refer to as an "open page?"

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