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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Lancelot's wife the summer his daughter was conceived?
(a) In Texas.
(b) In Europe.
(c) In California.
(d) At home.

2. Who is Merlin?
(a) The doctor.
(b) Lancelot's brother.
(c) The actor.
(d) The friend.

3. What condition does Margot appear to have been in the night Elgin was watching the hotel?
(a) In love.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) Ill.
(d) Healthy.

4. What is one of the reasons why Elgin has done anything for Lancelot?
(a) Elgin loved Lancelot's wife.
(b) Lancelot had saved Elgin from a burning building.
(c) Elgin was a blood relative of Lancelot.
(d) He believed Lancelot had saved his family from a vengeful Grand Kleagle.

5. In Chapter 3, Lancelot describes falling into a rut after giving up his occupation and his pursuits, and the rut revolving around what two things?
(a) Alcohol and the news.
(b) Gun collecting and birding.
(c) The news and birding.
(d) Gun collecting and alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Lancelot first meet Lucy Cobb?

2. Who does Lancelot welcome in a meeting in Chapter 1?

3. What did Lancelot do to make his feelings to Lucy known?

4. Who did Lancelot see his wife flirting with after dinner?

5. What did Lancelot ask Elgin to do at the hotel at the end of Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Lancelot love Morgan?

2. Why does Lancelot think Margot is doing more than watching rushes at the Holiday Inn?

3. How does Lancelot attempt to talk to the girl in the room next door?

4. What happened to Lancelot's job when he married Margot?

5. Why is Lancelot obsessed with Margot's infidelity?

6. What was Margot doing the summer Siobhan was conceived?

7. When does Lancelot claim to remember why he is in the hospital?

8. What does Elgin report about Margot's night at the Holiday Inn?

9. What is the difference between Lancelot's attraction to each wife?

10. What did the money in Lancelot's father's sock drawer prove to Lancelot?

(see the answer keys)

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