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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During his death, Latimer thinks of what natural images?
(a) Mountains, rivers, and valleys.
(b) Ocean, sharks, and storm clouds.
(c) Earth, fields, a brook, the rain, and morning light.
(d) Rainbows, fish, and trees.

2. Who does Latimer's new talent have no effect on?
(a) His father.
(b) Bertha.
(c) Pierre.
(d) Alfred.

3. Why is Latimer lonely in Switzerland?
(a) He thinks people will make fun of his sensitivity.
(b) He thinks people are making fun of the bumps.
(c) He gets into a lot of fights.
(d) He thinks people will make fun of his accent.

4. What does Latimer buy Bertha for her birthday?
(a) An opal.
(b) A book by Shakespeare.
(c) A ruby.
(d) A mink wrap.

5. What does Latimer pray to stay with?
(a) His wife.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) The unknown.

6. The first-person narrator and the main character of the story is _________.
(a) Mrs. Archer.
(b) The Father.
(c) Latimer.
(d) Bertha.

7. Who is described as handsome, confident, and extremely friendly, and evidently did not feel any rivalry with Latimer?
(a) Mr. Filmore.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Pierre.
(d) His father.

8. After his vision, who does Latimer ask to go find his father?
(a) No one.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Mrs. Filmore
(d) Pierre.

9. Where does Latimer's father take him everyday?
(a) Riding.
(b) To the doctor.
(c) To poetry readings.
(d) To the movies.

10. What other problems are associated with Latimer's illness?
(a) Multiple personality disorder.
(b) Thoughts of impending death.
(c) Bipolar disorder.
(d) Exhilaration.

11. Whose birthday gifts does Latimer see Bertha wear to dinner?
(a) No ones gifts.
(b) Everyones but Alfred's.
(c) Everyones but his.
(d) Only his gift.

12. What is one reason that Latimer thinks Bertha will never marry Alfred?
(a) Because she loves their father.
(b) Because she is very sick and will not make it to the wedding day.
(c) Because she is already secretly married.
(d) Because their engagement is not formal.

13. What affliction did the narrator suffer from as a child?
(a) Seizures.
(b) Headaches.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Hemophilia.

14. When will Latimer's story be told?
(a) During the last month of his life.
(b) After his death.
(c) By someone else on his deathbed.
(d) Never.

15. What does Latimer decide to do about his first vision in regards to his third vision?
(a) If his vision of Prague turned out to be true, he would kill Alfred.
(b) Ignore them and let fate lead the way.
(c) If his vision of Prague turned out to be true, he would ask her about her feelings.
(d) Nothing at all; he really did not believe in them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Latimer feel about what is revealed to him when he uses his second psychic ability?

2. What does Latimer read in secret?

3. Who enters the room during Latimer's vision of Prague?

4. Where is the narrator sitting during the last moments of life?

5. While at Basel, who does Latimer begin to hate more than anyone else?

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