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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. Boy Staunton left on a walk during the Christmas season of 1936. When was he found?
(a) After Christmas.
(b) He was never found.
(c) After the New Year.
(d) The next day.

2. Boy tells Eisengrim that he doesn't remember the Dempsters. What reason does Boy give?
(a) He doesn't remember things before the war.
(b) He only remembers positive things.
(c) He only remembers events after his injury.
(d) He doesn't remember things that have no use to him.

3. What does Boy tell his fashionable friends that Dunstan is?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A published author.
(c) A writer.
(d) A professor.

4. Liesl was raised in what religion?
(a) Anglican.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Calvinist.

5. What book does Dunstan agree to write for Liesl?
(a) Magnus Eisengrim's autobiography.
(b) A story of their magic show.
(c) A story about Magnus Eisengrim.
(d) A history of magic tricks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Liesl tell Dunstan his obsession with Mary Dempster is about?

2. On what day does Padre Blazon say that Dunstan should honor Mary Dempster in his prayers?

3. When Dunstan goes out to eat with his priest friend, he pays the bill in exchange for what?

4. Liesl is a student of what?

5. The Board of the school where Dunstan is teaching wants its new Headmaster to be what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dunstan not want to write Boy's memoir when Denyse asks him to?

2. What causes Boy to take a walk by himself during the Christmas season of 1936?

3. What are the two things that Dunstan gets the Board to agree to instead of naming him Headmaster?

4. What are some of the options that Dunstan thinks of while he is in the shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe for why people believe in miracles and have faith?

5. Why, at Leona's funeral, does Dunstan feel ashamed after speaking with Milo Papple?

6. When Dunstan tries to remind Boy about the things he has done in his life, including the stone-in-the-snowball incident, Boy responds unpleasantly and accuses Dunstan of what?

7. What does Dunstan think is suspicious about the way Leola died?

8. Why is Leola a failure as a wife in Boy's eyes?

9. Why does Dunstan enjoy writing the autobiography of Magnus Eisengrim?

10. Why does Padre Blazon suggest that Dunstan put aside his guilt over Mary Dempster?

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