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65. What is the narrator doing?
(A) He is having lunch.
(B) He is walking.
(C) He is in bed.
(D) He is closing the curtains.
66. In the room there
(A) is a lot of rain.
(B) is one person.
(C) are many animals.
(D) are several people.
67. What can the narrator see outside the room?
(A) He can see nothing.
(B) Someone watching him.
(C) A fireplace.
(D) His friends.
But this trip, which she kept cancelling month after month, did not take place, and, finally, the whole
thing showed me quite clearly that she did not know when she would come, but that she was going to
make arrangements to have me come to Paris; this did not amount to anything either, in spite of the
many letters I pestered her with and to which she did not reply; thus I became tired of writing and
remained at the farmer’s place as abandoned as if I had no family, the notable exception being the rarely
sent money to clothe me and a small fee paid for my food and lodging, a fee whose meagerness did not
prevent my generous hosts from loving me with all their heart, and from respecting me while loving me.

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■ SAT II Subject Tests
68. The narrator communicates with someone
(A) by telephone.
(B) by mail.
(C) by messenger.
(D) by speaking to that person (in person).
69. Why does the narrator stop communicating with this person?
(A) The person dies.
(B) The person goes to live in another city.
(C) The person does not reply after a certain amount of time.
(D) She does not know where to find the person.
70. Where does the narrator live?
(A) In Paris.
(B) In a hotel.
(C) In the country.
(D) In a chateau (castle).
I was traveling through Italy many years ago. I was forced to stop at an inn in Cerenza, a small village
in Calabria, by an overflowing of the Neto; in the same inn there was a stranger who was also forced
to stay there for the same reason. He was very quiet and seemed sad. He did not show any impatience.
I complained to him sometimes, since he was the only person I could speak to in that place, about the
delay we were experiencing. “It is the same to me to be here or elsewhere,” he replied. Our host, who
had spoken to a Neapolitan servant who was waiting on the stranger without knowing his name, told
me that he was not traveling to satisfy any sort of curiosity for he was visiting neither ruins, nor sites,
nor monuments, nor men. He read quite a bit, but never in any systematic fashion; he took long walks
at night, always alone, and, often, he spent entire days sitting still, with his head in his hands.
When the roads were cleared again, making it possible for us to leave, the stranger became very ill.
Simple human kindness would not allow me to leave him, and I made it my duty to extend my stay in
order to take care of him.
71. Why does the narrator stop?
(A) The police arrest him.
(B) A river has (overflowed its banks and) flooded the roads.
(C) A stranger forces him to stop.
(D) He wants to visit the ruins.
72. What does the narrator complain about?
(A) There is no one where he is.
(B) One eats poorly where he is.
(C) He has no servant.
(D) He cannot continue his journey.
73. Why doesn’t the narrator continue his journey when that becomes possible?
(A) He becomes ill.
(B) He is put in jail.
(C) He wants to help the stranger.
(D) He is too depressed.
I spent a sleepless night. There was no longer any question in my soul of calculating or of making
plans; I earnestly felt truly in love. It was no longer the hope of succeeding that made me act; the need
to see the one I loved, to enjoy her presence, completely dominated me. The clock struck eleven, I

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