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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Charles still believes that James and Hartley are ____________ him.
(a) Making fun of
(b) Close to
(c) Impressed by
(d) Deceiving

2. Charles is thinking about accepting an offer to _______________ from an old friend.
(a) Buy a home
(b) Buy a boat
(c) Read a book
(d) Direct a play

3. Fitch thought Hartley would be pleased by the ______________ he brought home for her.
(a) New couch
(b) Dog
(c) Television
(d) Cat

4. Charles finds that Gilbert and James are getting along in a way that makes him _____________.
(a) Lonesome
(b) Uncomfortable
(c) Happy
(d) Sad

5. Where do Titus and Hartley shut themselves in order to have a long talk together?
(a) Bedroom
(b) Patio
(c) Inner room
(d) Bathroom

6. What does Gilbert offer to do for Charles in order to give him some service?
(a) Chaffeur.
(b) Edit his book.
(c) Servant.
(d) Do the landscaping.

7. ____________ also told Charles to leave Hartley alone and Charles finally realizes this was good advice.
(a) A dream
(b) Clement
(c) Aunt Estelle
(d) His mother

8. Who decides to take over the cooking at the house for the group living with Charles?
(a) Charles
(b) James
(c) Titus
(d) Lizzie

9. Hartley insists that all she wants to do the first night he is with Charles is ____________.
(a) Watch the water
(b) Make love
(c) Swim
(d) Sleep

10. Peregrine refers to Charles as a withered __________________, and that he would not be anything without the help of Clement.
(a) Prospero
(b) Hamlet
(c) Richard III
(d) Othello

11. What does Charles want Titus to consider him, though he has said this before?
(a) His brother
(b) A friend
(c) His uncle
(d) His son

12. Charles says that the ____________ is the only part of his life with any meaning and that he wants to wait for Hartley.
(a) Future
(b) House
(c) Past
(d) Present

13. __________ protests that Charles can't just arbitrarily end someone else's marriage the way he wants.
(a) James
(b) Hartley
(c) Gilbert
(d) Titus

14. What does Charles thrust into Hartley's hand when he finally leaves the home she and Fitch share?
(a) A bottle of wine
(b) A ring
(c) A book
(d) A letter

15. Who wrote Lizzie a letter, telling her everything that has happened since her disappearance?
(a) Peregrine
(b) James
(c) Gilbert
(d) Charles

Short Answer Questions

1. James tells Charles he sees plans for ______________ in Charles's eyes, and notices also the long simmering resentment.

2. Charles begins to think that Fitch killed ____________, though James doesn't think so.

3. Who does Fitch recognize in the group from his days in the army?

4. Charles considers the idea that James might possibly be in ______________.

5. Charles is twice interrupted by ___________, forcing him to leave the others in the kitchen.

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