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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Paris respond to his father's idea of leaving?
(a) Paris is indifferent
(b) Paris strongly hesitates
(c) Paris becomes angry
(d) Paris agrees to go
2. What kind of surroundings does Philip prefer now as opposed to his boyhood?
(a) Philip prefers only the company of Mollie
(b) Philip prefers people around him
(c) Philip prefers the darkness
(d) Philip prefers the forest
3. What literary device is John's story of his struggle to save the drowning sailor best described as?
(a) An analogy
(b) A metaphor
(c) A simile
(d) An anecdote
4. What does Philip say to Paris regarding his feelings towards his relationship with Mollie?
(a) He wants to marry her
(b) He wants the family to grow
(c) He cannot live without her
(d) He knows Mollie is too scared to leave him
5. What does Philip now see love and nature to be?
(a) A struggle
(b) Fleeting happiness
(c) Uncontrollable
(d) Pure joy
6. What is the best word to describe the scene between father and son when it becomes clear that Philip intends to kill himself?
(a) Poignant
(b) Horrific
(c) Fearful
(d) Thrilling
7. What is the core reason or feeling why Paris does not go with his father?
(a) Disobedience
(b) Faith
(c) True fear
(d) Intuition
8. Why does Mollie think Philip died?
(a) Because of his lack of writing success
(b) Because he was an unhappy man
(c) Because of his mental health
(d) Because Mollie loved John
9. Which character tries most to console Mollie in her most desperate, grieving time?
(a) Mother Lovejoy
(b) John
(c) Paris
(d) Sister
10. In what kind of state is Philip when he recalls his boyhood?
(a) Tense
(b) Happy
(c) Dream-like
(d) Depressed
11. What is John's profession of an architect a metaphor of?
(a) Building a new way of thinking
(b) Stiking out on his own
(c) Housing a family
(d) Rebuilding Mollie and Paris's lives
12. What does Mother Lovejoy offer both Mollie and Paris should they ever need it?
(a) Money
(b) A home
(c) An education
(d) A car
13. Who informs Philip that Mollie is prepared to leave?
(a) Mother Lovejoy
(b) John
(c) Sister
(d) Paris
14. What will the family remember most about Philip?
(a) His anger and his volatility
(b) His care and his confusion
(c) His love and compassion
(d) His genuis and his angst
15. What does the color of Philip's face represent?
(a) Depression
(b) Shame
(c) Death
(d) Fear
Short Answer Questions
1. Upon hearing the news of Mollie's packing, what does Philip want Paris to do?
2. What plans has Paris made for the day that, in addition to other feelings, keeps him from wanting to leave?
3. Who does Mollie blame for Philip's death?
4. Who has Mother Lovejoy transfered her affection to now that Philip has passed?
5. What has Mother Lovejoy chosen to use as a form of transportation as opposed to a taxi to get to the train station?
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