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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 54-87.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jacqueline destroy in her apartment?
(a) Ceiling tiles.
(b) Bathroom fixtures.
(c) Kitchen appliances.
(d) Flooring.

2. What did Elgin study?
(a) Sociology.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Food preparation.
(d) Medicine.

3. What is the narrator afraid of about revealing his or her relationship with Louise?
(a) Not having a place to live.
(b) Hurting Jacqueline emotionally.
(c) Getting hurt emotionally by Louise.
(d) Getting physically hurt by Jacqueline.

4. How does Louise react to the narrator's act of violence?
(a) She is scared.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She is excited.
(d) She is hurt.

5. According to the narrator, what is commitment?
(a) A conscious choice.
(b) A pact to remain with somebody forever.
(c) A lack of effort.
(d) The here and now of a relationship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is most significant about the narrator?

2. Which of the following is a theme in the novel?

3. What does Louise ask the narrator when telling him or her about Elgin?

4. When the narrator reflects back on early days of his or her affair with Louise, what types of memories are they?

5. What is Elgin worried about after he learns the truth?

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