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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food does the Smith's daughter prefer?
(a) Eggs and ham.
(b) Milk and porridge.
(c) Tea and scones.
(d) Bacon and eggs.

2. What is the name of Mr. Martin's daughter?
(a) Bobby.
(b) Mary.
(c) Alice.
(d) Sue.

3. Who is at the door when Mr. Smith opens it?
(a) Mary.
(b) No one.
(c) The Fire Chief.
(d) The Martins.

4. Why can't the Fire Chief retell the story of "The Headcold"?
(a) He can't remember it.
(b) He must put out a fire in the kitchen.
(c) He doesn't know if he has enough time.
(d) He is too tired.

5. Whom does Mr. Smith wish would marry his maid?
(a) Mr. Martin.
(b) William, the shop-assistant.
(c) A monophysite priest.
(d) The Fire Chief.

6. Why can't Mrs. Smith read the clock?
(a) It is contradictory, and indicates the opposite of the hour.
(b) She must pour the tea.
(c) She does not have her reading glasses.
(d) It is running backwards.

7. In the story, "The Headcold", who caught the cold?
(a) The priest's grandmother.
(b) The fourth-class petty officer of the Royal Navy.
(c) Marie.
(d) The Fire Chief's brother-in law

8. Who is at the door when Mrs. Smith opens it?
(a) The Fire Chief.
(b) Mary.
(c) The Martins.
(d) No one.

9. How does Mr. Martin bid the Fire Chief farewell?
(a) Burn well!
(b) Smouldering, always smouldering.
(c) See you in cinders!
(d) Good luck, and a good fire!

10. What inconsistencies exist about Bobby Watson's demise?
(a) The manner of his death.
(b) The time of his death.
(c) The date of his death.
(d) The cause of his death.

11. What is unusual about Mrs. Smith's statement about having changed her dress?
(a) She is wearing Mr. Smith's suit.
(b) She is wearing a bathrobe.
(c) Her dress is on backwards.
(d) She is still wearing the same clothes as before.

12. According to Mr. Smith, what are the names of the Watson children?
(a) John and Sherlock.
(b) Bobby and Bobby.
(c) Mary and Mary.
(d) Mary and Bobby.

13. According to Mr. Martin, what should a person do if he catches a cold?
(a) Get a colt.
(b) Drink tea.
(c) Run in circles.
(d) Stand on his head.

14. What does Mary claim is her real name?
(a) Sherlock Holmes.
(b) Bobby Watson.
(c) Mary Martin.
(d) Elizabeth.

15. What complaint does Mr. Smith have about women?
(a) They spend all day smoking, powdering their noses and drinking.
(b) They snore and sing in their sleep.
(c) They eat too much and drink too little.
(d) They spend all day playing golf and reading romance novels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Martin's first name?

2. How does Mrs. Smith respond to the Fire Chief's embarrassing comment?

3. What would Mr. Martin rather do than steal an ox?

4. Why does the Fire Chief refuse to visit the Vicar of Wakefield?

5. In the Fire Chief's story, "The Dog and the Cow", why didn't the dog swallow his trunk?

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