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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Open Eyes of the Deadwoman; Chapter 9, Lewd Animals; Chapter 10, Granero's Eye.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Simone toward the end of Chapter 5?
(a) She is hit by a car.
(b) She is hit by a train.
(c) She is thrown from her bicycle.
(d) She falls into a river.

2. Why does the couple travel to Spain following Marcelle's death?
(a) To escape police questioning.
(b) To start a new life together without Marcelle.
(c) To see new sights.
(d) To rid themselves of Marcelle's memory.

3. How would the narrator start again with Marcelle?
(a) By caressing her.
(b) By killing her.
(c) By raping her.
(d) By dunking her hair in a toilet.

4. What does Simone do following her climax?
(a) Urinates on the eggs.
(b) Takes a shower.
(c) Makes love.
(d) Takes a bath.

5. Who does not appear at the house with the other parents at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Marcelle's parents.
(b) George's parents.
(c) The narrator's parents.
(d) The police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator threaten in a note to his mother?

2. What does the couple notice once they scale the wall?

3. What is Simone's favorite part of a bullfight?

4. What does the narrator forget inside the building?

5. What does the narrator admit he kept from the bullfight on May 7th?

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