View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What confused Flush about Miss Barrett's room?
(a) The furniture.
(b) The window.
(c) The rug.
(d) The cat.

2. What was Elizabeth Barrett's mother's name?
(a) Catherine Graham Clarke.
(b) Rebecca Graham Clarke.
(c) Sarah Graham Clarke.
(d) Mary Graham Clarke.

3. As a puppy, Flush lived on a farm named ___________.
(a) Enchanted Knoll.
(b) Rutherford Ranch.
(c) Windmere Estate.
(d) Three Mile Cross.

4. What word means disgrace or public shame; dishonor ?
(a) Magnanimity.
(b) Byronic.
(c) Irony.
(d) Ignominy.

5. 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) Arrogant.
(b) Vengeful.
(c) Obtuse.
(d) Repulsive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was it when Flush was taken to live with Elizabeth Barrett?

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

3. Desirable features that Spaniels were expected to have included which of the following?

4. From what did Flush drink his water, noting that it was deserving of his high rank?

5. According to the author, who landed in Spain and reportedly shouted, "Span! Span!"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe Edward Barrett?

2. What is the first story the author relates about the origin of the name "Spaniel"?

3. How are the Carhaginians involved in one story about the origin of the word "Spaniels"?

4. How was the park described in Chapter Two: "The Back Bedroom"? What did Flush conclude about the park?

5. How did Flush feel about the sights, sounds and smells of London in his first outing in Chapter Two: "The Back Bedroom"?

6. How did the Spaniel breed evolve in England, as described in Chapter One: "Three Mile Cross"? What characteristics do Spaniels share?

7. What was Flush's life like on the farm in Chapter One: "Three Mile Cross"?

8. What was Flush's first experience like at the Barrett home in Chapter One: "Three Mile Cross"?

9. How did Miss Barrett react after Mr. Browning left from his first visit?

10. How did Miss Barrett begin to transform as Mr. Browning continued his visits? How did Flush feel about the change?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 901 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample