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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. What topic most often consumes Mary's dreams while on vacation?
(a) Her children
(b) Colin
(c) Her death
(d) Her job
2. Who do Mary and Colin meet while at the cafe?
(a) A fellow Englishman
(b) Caroline
(c) Mary's ex-husband
(d) Robert
3. Why does Robert's father beat him for three nights in a row?
(a) For eating chocolate
(b) For damaging the rugs in his study
(c) For being in his study
(d) For being unkind to his sisters
4. Why doesn't Robert's mother leave a glass of water in his room at night?
(a) She is afraid he will spill it which will cause his father to punish him.
(b) She knows he needs an excuse to call her into his room when he has a nightmare.
(c) She feels it is her duty to serve Robert.
(d) His father forbids him to have water during the night.
5. What condition does Caroline require Mary and Colin to meet in order to get their clothes back?
(a) They must agree to visit her home again.
(b) They must agree to stay in touch with Robert and Caroline after they return to London.
(c) They must stay for dinner.
(d) They must go to Robert's bar for dinner.
Short Answer Questions
1. What landmark do Mary and Colin come upon as they are looking for the restaurant that they realize they have seen before?
2. How do people react to the elderly women selling trinkets outside of the hospital?
3. How does Mary characterize her relationship with Colin as she describes it to Caroline?
4. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the main setting of this chapter?
5. What does Mary liken the cafe to?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the setting of the first chapter
2. Describe the scene involving the older tourists that Colin observes from his balcony. How does the version of the story Colin tells Mary differ from the actual situation?
3. How does Robert's father react to him soiling his study? How does this make Robert feel?
4. What are Mary and Colin looking for as they journey through the city? Why?
5. Who do Mary and Colin notice outside of the street side cafe? How is he the same? How is he different?
6. What information about the bar does Caroline share with Mary? How does Mary react?
7. Describe Robert's father (as Robert presents him in this chapter)
8. Where does Robert take Mary and Colin to eat? Describe this setting.
9. What does Mary tell Colin she dreams about during their daily naps?
10. Describe the gallery in Robert and Caroline's apartment
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