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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. How did Adrian commit suicide?
(a) He overdosed on pills.
(b) He cut his wrists.
(c) He hung himself.
(d) He shot himself.

2. What did Veronica tell the narrator that the only purpose of a woman's period was?
(a) To tell you you are not pregnant.
(b) To cause pain and agony.
(c) To punish womankind.
(d) To tell you when to have a baby.

3. The narrator says in Chapter 1 that he and his friends assured one another that the imagination's first duty was to be what?
(a) Explorative.
(b) Restrained.
(c) Transgressive.
(d) Implosive.

4. By whom was Adrian raised?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His mother.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His father.

5. What word from Chapter 1 means unsophisticated and socially awkward?
(a) Gregarious.
(b) Gauche.
(c) Petulant.
(d) Elusive.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long did Veronica's mother say they had lived in their current home when the narrator asked during his visit in Chapter 1?

2. Who among his group of friends does the narrator say everyone wrote the most to during college and wanted his approval?

3. What is the name of the two-disc boxed set by Donovan that the narrator describes having owned in college in Chapter 1?

4. When did Alex say he had seen Adrian when meeting with the narrator to discuss his suicide in Chapter 1?

5. What composers did Veronica hate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who informs the protagonist of Adrian's death? How has Adrian died?

2. What is the protagonist's response to Adrian's letter regarding Veronica in Chapter 1?

3. In the present tense narrative, what are the protagonist's circumstances as described in the conclusion of Chapter 1?

4. How is the narrative related in The Sense of an Ending? From whose perspective is the story told? Why?

5. Where do the protagonist and his friends go to college after high school?

6. Why is the protagonist angered by the fact that Adrian is labeled as mentally disturbed regarding his suicide?

7. How does the dynamic of the narrator's group of friend's change with the introduction of Adrian?

8. What are the protagonist's impressions of the Ford family when he meets them?

9. What information is revealed regarding the contents of Adrian's suicide letter?

10. What is the significance of the memory fragments that are presented by the narrator in the opening of Chapter 1?

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