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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Boy Staunton's best selling item?

2. The papers reported Boy Staunton was found in his car in the bottom of what harbor?

3. Dunstan's priest friend from Europe sends what to Dunstan, asking if he has found the importance of Mary Dempster in his life?

4. When Dunstan does not get the job as the new Headmaster, he insists on a paid leave of absence to go where?

5. Who is Orpheus Wettenhall?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Dunstan furious at Boy when Boy gives him the roll of film to develop?

2. Why does Padre Blazon, after hearing about Mary Dempster's life and death from Dunstan, believe she is a hero in God's cause?

3. What memory has Boy suppressed from their childhood that shocks Dunstan when he learns Boy doesn't remember it?

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

5. What are Paul's hopes for the show after Mexico?

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

7. What is Padre Blazon's personal theory about what will happen when Jesus returns?

8. 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?

9. How does Boy Staunton make a fortune during the Depression?

10. Why is Dunstan deemed unacceptable to be Headmaster at the school by the Board?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dunstan's father dies when he is young, and it is not clear, from the book, who Dunstan uses as his role model. Who do you think Dunstan uses as a father-figure and a role-model and why? Are these types of relationships even important to Dunstan? Please support your answer with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Dunstan kept the stone that was in the snowball Percy threw when they were boys. Why did Dunstan keep the stone? Please discuss the themes of consciousness, remembrance, and learning from the past in relation to the loaded snowball event.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, how has Dunstan's personality and character changed throughout the story? When he was a child, how did he deal with his problems? How does he deal with them as an adult? What was important to him as a child, and what is important to him now? Why did Dunstan's character change?

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