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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 does the narrator describe being tossed into a wet sink, causing it to steam in the opening of Chapter 1?
(a) A hot iron.
(b) A hot frying pan.
(c) A hot knife.
(d) A hot

2. What is the name of Veronica's brother?
(a) James.
(b) Joseph.
(c) William.
(d) Jack.

3. How old was Susan when she married?
(a) 30.
(b) 24.
(c) 29.
(d) 19.

4. What is the river that runs upstream lit by, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Torchbeams.
(b) Headlights.
(c) Moonlight.
(d) Candlelight.

5. Who attended Adrian's funeral?
(a) Only his family.
(b) Tony, Veronica, and Colin.
(c) Alex, Colin, and Jack.
(d) Alex, Colin, and Tony.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the narrator go to meet his friend to discuss Adrian's suicide after he arrived home?

2. How did Robson kill himself?

3. The narrator states in Chapter 1, "If Alex had read Russell and Wittgenstein, Adrian had read" whom (23)?

4. 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?

5. Who does the narrator describe as the one who mocked the political system in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What differences can be seen between Veronica and the protagonist during their courtship?

2. Where does the protagonist go after completing college? How does he describe his experiences there?

3. Why do the protagonist and his friends urge Adrian to investigate his parents' divorce in Chapter 1?

4. Whom did the protagonist marry? How does he describe the early years of their marriage?

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

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

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

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

9. What exchange takes place between the protagonist and Mrs. Ford when they are alone during breakfast when he visits?

10. How is Veronica described when the narrator first meets her?

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