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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many helpings of fish did Mrs. Smith have at dinner?
(a) None.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

2. Where do the Smith's live?
(a) Sussex.
(b) The city of London.
(c) The suburbs of London.
(d) Kent.

3. When traveling to London by train, in which coach does Mr. Martin sit?
(a) Coach No. 2.
(b) The Engine.
(c) Coach No. 1.
(d) Coach No. 8.

4. According to Mr. Smith, what must one always think of?
(a) Yesterday.
(b) Tomorrow.
(c) Everything.
(d) Nothing.

5. According to Mrs. Martin, what did the third wife from the story "The Headcold" do while sitting on a hornet's nest?
(a) Drink tea.
(b) Recite poetry.
(c) Eat chicken.
(d) Eat scones.

6. What does Mrs. Martin offer to trade for a coffin?
(a) A silver salver.
(b) Mr. Martin.
(c) Her mother-in-law's slippers.
(d) A gold ring.

7. Why does Mrs. Smith kiss the Fire Chief?
(a) He claims to have saved her life.
(b) He pretends to be Mr. Smith.
(c) He is collecting kisses.
(d) She finds him charming.

8. In the story, "The Headcold", what was blonde Marie's profession?
(a) A grocer.
(b) A schoolteacher.
(c) A typist.
(d) A monophysite priest.

9. Why did the Fire Chief ring the doorbell?
(a) To be admitted to the house.
(b) He did not ring the bell.
(c) To put out the fire.
(d) To finish the tea.

10. What appears unusual about Mr. and Mrs. Martin's relationship during their first scene?
(a) They complete each other's sentences.
(b) They refuse to look at each other.
(c) They speak only to the Smiths, and not to each other.
(d) They do not recognize each other.

11. Whom does Mary embrace after the stories have been told?
(a) Bobby Watson.
(b) Mr. Smith.
(c) The Fire Chief.
(d) Mrs. Smith.

12. According to the Fire Chief, why can't he put out a fire at a naturalized citizen's house?
(a) They do not know how to make tea properly.
(b) They drive on the wrong side of the road.
(c) They don't have the right to have their fires put out.
(d) They cannot be insured.

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

14. According to Mrs. Martin, what is honorable?
(a) All that is human.
(b) Truth.
(c) English manners.
(d) Proper behavior.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mary spend her afternoon?

2. What orders has the Fire Chief been given?

3. When traveling to London by train, in which coach does Mrs. Martin sit?

4. According to Mr. Smith, what behavior do Mary and the Fire Chief demonstrate?

5. What is the name of Mr. Martin's daughter?

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