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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made the biggest impression on Flush when he was taken to Elizabeth Barrett's home in Chapter One: "Three Mile Cross"?
(a) The furniture.
(b) The sights.
(c) The sounds.
(d) The smells.

2. Flush was a descendant of what red Cocker Spaniel of note?
(a) Tray.
(b) Denali.
(c) Linus.
(d) Bear.

3. What word, meaning not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect, did Flash consider Mr. Barrett to be in Chapter Three: "The Hooded Man"?
(a) Obtuse.
(b) Repulsive.
(c) Vengeful.
(d) Arrogant.

4. What color gloves did Mr. Browning always wear?
(a) White.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

5. Whom did Flush refer to as Miss Barrett's sister's little King Charles?
(a) Catiline.
(b) Tray.
(c) Folly.
(d) Arabel.

6. Flush's first owner was offered quite a nice sum for Flush from whom?
(a) Mr. Kenyon.
(b) Mr. Taylor.
(c) Dr. Pusey.
(d) Mr. Barrett.

7. What year was it when Flush was taken to live with Elizabeth Barrett?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1842.

8. Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the foremost poets of what era?
(a) Victorian.
(b) Post-modernist.
(c) Jacobean.
(d) Elizabethan.

9. As centuries passed, the Spaniel evolved into how many different branches?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

10. What was Elizabeth Barrett's address when Flush was taken to her in Chapter One: "Three Mile Cross"?
(a) No. 2 Manning Street.
(b) No. 17 Tottenham Court Road.
(c) No. 5 Wimpole Street.
(d) No. 12 Durham Boulevard.

11. In a letter in Chapter Three, Miss Barrett wrote, "You are Paracelsus, and I am _____________."
(a) "A poet."
(b) "Your muse."
(c) "An invalid."
(d) "A recluse."

12. Flush was amazed by the smells of London, which were violently contrasted and compounded more than any he had smelled in the fields near ______________.
(a) Marylebone.
(b) Durham.
(c) Shoreditch.
(d) Reading.

13. What was the date when Flush first decided to oust Mr. Browning by biting him on the leg?
(a) September 30.
(b) May 22.
(c) April 17.
(d) July 8.

14. In what city did Elizabeth Barrett live in Chapter One: "Three Mile Cross"?
(a) Durham.
(b) London.
(c) Shoreditch.
(d) Reading.

15. After Flush was bitten by the Cuban Bloodhound, Miss Barrett remarked that Flush was no __________.
(a) Fighter.
(b) Menace.
(c) Acrobat.
(d) Hero.

Short Answer Questions

1. Flush was in a shop on _________________ when he was stolen in Chapter Three.

2. In what year did Elizabeth Barrett's mother die?

3. According to the author, the Basque word "espana" signified what?

4. On what day did Flush make his second attack on Mr. Browning?

5. Miss Barrett walked on her own feet as far as the gate to _______ with her sister.

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