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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of event does Pierce talk about after Saturday lunch?
(a) A movie screening.
(b) A happening.
(c) A poetry reading.
(d) A rock concert.

2. What does Octavian not tell his wife about?
(a) His gambling problem.
(b) His child by another woman.
(c) His late nights with his secretary.
(d) His drinking problem.

3. What does Biranne say he pushed out of the way as he was touching Radeechy?
(a) The stapler.
(b) The gun.
(c) The newspaper.
(d) The knife.

4. What does Mary wonder what it is like to be?
(a) Content.
(b) Dead.
(c) In love.
(d) Happy.

5. What does Ducane tell Paula to try and find?
(a) A rowing boat.
(b) A motorboat.
(c) A raft.
(d) A sailing boat.

6. Which two characters are talking in the kitchen at the beginning of chapter 30?
(a) Edward and Henrietta.
(b) Kate and John.
(c) Jessica and Judy.
(d) Mary and Willy.

7. Why do Barabara and Pierce think it is not a sin that they have just had sex?
(a) They used protection.
(b) They are going to get married.
(c) They love each other.
(d) They are not religious.

8. What does Ducane tell Judy to do?
(a) Make a coffee.
(b) Wash his sheets.
(c) Get dressed.
(d) Have a shower.

9. What does kind of drink does McGrath pour for himself and Ducane?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Wine.
(c) Gin.
(d) Beer.

10. Who does Ducane find naked in his bed?
(a) Mary.
(b) Kate.
(c) Judy.
(d) Julie.

11. What do the police shine their bright light on?
(a) The meadow.
(b) The cliff.
(c) The rocks.
(d) The sea.

12. Why is Durane angry in chapter 28?
(a) Willy interrupts the interview.
(b) Jessica interrupts the interview.
(c) The interview is going badly.
(d) Biranne keeps touching him.

13. Who is the first to appear from the cave?
(a) Mingo.
(b) Ducane.
(c) Barbara.
(d) Pierce.

14. Where is Paula at the beginning of chapter 38?
(a) The London Musuem.
(b) The National Gallery.
(c) Tower Bridge.
(d) The Tate Gallery.

15. Where does Pierce swim to?
(a) A crag.
(b) A buoy.
(c) An island.
(d) A cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pierce see when he turns on his torch?

2. Why does Judy say she married McGrath?

3. What does Julie say Ducane is?

4. What does Ducane toss at Mary?

5. Who looks on as Paula and Richard run from the gallery?

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