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1.What does the narrator find depressing about the Pitt-Rivers Museum?
A.There are strange people who visit the museum.
B.The displays are poorly lit.
C.Many of the displays are nasty ways of killing people.
D.The museum's workers are boring and unhelpful.



2.What is the narrator's initial impression of the girl?
A.The narrator does not find the girl attractive.
B.The narrator thinks the girl is too young to be at the museum.
C.The narrator thinks the girl is the most beautiful woman in Oxford.
D.The narrator is repulsed by the girl's clothes.



3.According to the narrator, what gave the girl her special quality?
A.the light from the display cases
B.the man she was with
C.being in the Pitt-Rivers
D.the hat she was wearing



4.What does the narrator think about the state of the couple's relationship at the end of the story?
A.He thinks that they may never see each other again.
B.He imagines that they will soon get married.
C.He imagines that they will always come to the Pitt-Rivers to be together.
D.He thinks that have just had a terrible fight.



5.What is the narrator's last impression of the girl at the museum?
A.He thinks that she looks incredibly unhappy.
B.He thinks that she looks even more beautiful.
C.He thinks that she looks deeply in love.
D.He cannot imagine what the man sees in the girl.

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