View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What feeling does John have towards the man in mourning at the cemetery in Chapter 6?
(a) Pity.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Envy.
(d) Hatred.

4. What does John say May talked with the perfect straightness of in Chapter 5?
(a) A rod.
(b) A sibyl.
(c) A dart.
(d) An arrow.

5. What does May touch near her chimney before becoming ill near the end of Chapter 4?
(a) A bell.
(b) A shelf.
(c) A figurine.
(d) A note.

6. How often does the narrator say John would visit May's grave?
(a) Every year.
(b) Every week.
(c) Every month.
(d) Every day.

7. Which of the following does John not associate with the "Beast in the Jungle" in Chapter 5?
(a) May's dying.
(b) His health.
(c) May's health.
(d) His solitude.

8. What are the items of furniture in the room where May and John visit in Chapter 4?
(a) A table and clock.
(b) A chair and sofa.
(c) Two blue Dresden and a chair.
(d) A French clock and two rosy Dresden.

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

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

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

12. What is John afraid will happen if he moved from May's grave in Chapter 6?
(a) He would always be alone.
(b) He would be broken forever.
(c) He would die.
(d) He would not recover.

13. What does the narrator say always "reigned" in regards to May's home in Chapter 4?
(a) Household care.
(b) Food.
(c) High quality.
(d) New items.

14. Finish this sentence: "Why I thought it the point you were just making--that we had looked most things in the ______."
(a) Heart.
(b) Face.
(c) Eye.
(d) Head.

15. What reason does John give for not wanting to question May about what she knows about his secret in Chapter 4?
(a) Because he doesn't want them to have an argument.
(b) Because he doesn't want to find out.
(c) Because he is afraid to learn the truth.
(d) Because he doesn't want to lose her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John claim he was afraid of during his conversation with May in Chapter 4?

2. What does John say had only been smothered, but still throbbed and could bleed?

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

4. Complete this sentence: "You mean that it has come as a positive definite ______, with a name and a date."

5. Complete this sentence: "Did we ever dream, with all our dreams, that we should sit and _______ of thus."

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 517 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample