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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing Jim's mother does when Jim returns home?
(a) Makes him a big meal.
(b) Screams at him.
(c) Makes him a cup of tea.
(d) Washes his clothes.

2. What does the narrator say he would hang himself from?
(a) A balcony.
(b) A rooftop.
(c) A tree.
(d) A clifftop.

3. Why does the woman think the goal should have been disallowed?
(a) It was offside.
(b) The ref had blown his whistle.
(c) It was a foul.
(d) It wasn't over the line.

4. What does the author say the fair is a sea of?
(a) Colors.
(b) People.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Lights.

5. What can Colin and Bert view from the war memorial?
(a) The girl's school.
(b) The whole town.
(c) The lake.
(d) The fair.

6. How does Bert say he earned his tuppence?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Delivering messages.
(c) Writing.
(d) Selling fruit.

7. What does the narrator say the man has a face like?
(a) A junkie.
(b) A parson.
(c) A poet.
(d) A monkey.

8. What does Jim give his fiance an eye like?
(a) A little dog.
(b) A little boy.
(c) An angry cat.
(d) A pregnant mother.

9. What does the narrator say he once saw a man do to himself?
(a) Kill himself.
(b) Talk to himself.
(c) Cut himself.
(d) Flog himself.

10. What is Mrs. Scaredale crackers about?
(a) Snow.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Fresh air.

11. Who is the King of England in this time period?
(a) King George.
(b) King Charles.
(c) King Henry.
(d) King Philip.

12. What does Jim mother keep her house as clean as?
(a) A hay loft.
(b) A new pin.
(c) A brewery.
(d) A harem.

13. What does the author say Colin's legs are like as he tries to escape with Bert?
(a) Rubber.
(b) Steel.
(c) Jelly.
(d) Lead.

14. What does Colin think his father would take with a smile?
(a) A cheese sandwich.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) A cup of tea.
(d) Four pence.

15. What are people beginning to call Lennox because of his sight?
(a) Simpleton.
(b) Squinty.
(c) Cock-eye.
(d) Blinkered.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jim's mother move to?

2. What color does the narrator say his family turns when they are fed-up?

3. What does Jim tell his mother he has been through in the last six months?

4. What does the author say Jones's brain is like?

5. What is Jim's fiance's name?

(see the answer keys)

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