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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. Where do Percy, Leola and Dunstan meet after Percy and Leola's wedding?
(a) At dinner.
(b) On a ship.
(c) On a train.
(d) At a hotel.

2. What happened to Dunstan's family's house and newspaper business after he left for school?
(a) The house was sold, and the newspaper went out of business.
(b) He sold them at auction.
(c) They were destroyed.
(d) He had them torn down.

3. Joel Surgeoner is the head of what?
(a) Lifeline Mission in Montreal.
(b) Lifeline Mission in Quebec.
(c) Lifeline Mission in Durston.
(d) Lifeline Mission in Toronto.

4. What skills does Mrs. Dempster lack because she grew up with servants?
(a) Housekeeping and book-keeping skills.
(b) Child-raising and book-keeping skills.
(c) Culinary and child-raising skills.
(d) Housekeeping and culinary skills.

5. Dunstable's actions in battle won him what award?
(a) C.V. Award.
(b) K.L. Award.
(c) F.G. Award.
(d) V.C. Award.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character was born prematurely?

2. How big was the population of Dunstan's home village at the beginning of the story?

3. What does Dunstan do right after college?

4. Where does Dunstan become a teacher?

5. At the beginning of his military service, what emotional ailment did Dunstable suffer from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dunstan kiss Leola during the celebration of war heroes in the village?

2. What does Dunstable do when he finds the German snipers?

3. Boy gives stock tips to Dunstan that help him increase his wealth, but also cause Dunstan to feel what emotions towards Boy?

4. What hampers Dunny from learning magic tricks?

5. Why does the narrator recall the date the story begins so clearly?

6. Why does Dunstable carry around a Bible when he is a soldier?

7. What words from Mrs. Dempster come back to Dunstable when he is lying wounded in the church?

8. Boy wants Dunstan to drop his fixation with saints, but Dunstan feels differently about his path in life. Why?

9. While in Europe searching for the statue he saw on the battlefield, what does Dunstan find that becomes a life-long study?

10. At the beginning of the story, what happens when the narrator leaves Percy to go home for dinner?

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