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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. During his conversation with Ruth in Part Two, Chapter Nine, Theo realizes what drove Kathy to an affair?
(a) Fear.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Isolation.
(d) Loneliness.

2. What is the name of Alicia's aunt?
(a) Lucy Rose.
(b) Lydia Rose.
(c) Linda Rose.
(d) Lillian Rose.

3. How does Christian view Theo's plan to help Alicia in Part Two, Chapter Three?
(a) As a waste of time.
(b) As illogical and irrational.
(c) As unfair to the other patients.
(d) As undermining his authority.

4. What does Theo resolve in Part Two, Chapter Ten?
(a) To leave his wife.
(b) To forget all about the emails he had read.
(c) To tell Kathy what he saw.
(d) To enter rehab.

5. In what does Theo feel trapped in Part Two, Chapter Eighteen?
(a) A dead-end job.
(b) A bad movie.
(c) An endless nightmare.
(d) A loveless marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Theo's second session with Alicia in Part Two, Chapter Four, Theo tells Alicia he wants to help her do what?

2. The murder of Gabriel Berenson occurred how many years before the events described in the first chapter?

3. What is the name of the neighbor who called the police on the night of the murder?

4. What is the nickname given to the nurses' station at the Grove?

5. What does Theo's wife do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jean-Felix? What does he do while Alicia is on trial for murder?

2. What happens during Theo's first meeting with Alicia in Part One, Chapter Seven?

3. Who is Kathy? How did she and Theo meet?

4. What plan of inquiry does Theo outline in Part One, Chapter Eight?

5. What happened to Alicia following her trial for murder?

6. According to the Prologue, how does Alicia feel about her husband?

7. What does Theo resolve following his meeting with Ruth in Part Two, Chapter Nine? How does his mind change in the following chapter?

8. What painting is Alicia working on in Part Two, Chapter One? What is interesting about it?

9. What doubts does Theo experience in Part Two, Chapter Eighteen? What revives his suspicions?

10. What request does Theo make of Diomedes in Part Two, Chapter Two? What is the result?

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