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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animals did Matthew dig up before finding the typewriter in "Before the Beginning"?
(a) A dog and a cat.
(b) A dog and a snake.
(c) A cat and a mule.
(d) A pigeon and a snake.

2. Who was featured in January on the calendar titled "Men Who Changed the World"?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) John F. Kennedy, Jr.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Emil Zatopek.

3. What name did Penelope die with, according to the narrator in "The Mistake Maker"?
(a) The Birthday Girl.
(b) Penny Dunbar.
(c) Penelope Lesciuszko.
(d) Penny Hanley.

4. When does Matthew describe "the beginning" as taking place in "Portrait of a Killer as a Middle-Aged Man"?
(a) 13 years ago.
(b) 11 years ago.
(c) 16 years ago.
(d) 6 years ago.

5. What was Emil Zatopek legendary as?
(a) A long-distance runner.
(b) A mechanical engineer.
(c) A computer scientist.
(d) A painter.

6. How long did Penelope have to wait to be granted asylum after fleeing the Eastern Bloc?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 9 months.

7. At what time does Matthew say the Murderer arrived in "Portrait of a Killer as a Middle-Aged Man"?
(a) 6:00.
(b) 5:00.
(c) 7:00.
(d) 3:00.

8. How old was Michael Dunbar when he received the "Men Who Changed the World" calendar?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

9. Where did Penelope reach a refugee camp where whe was interviewed and fingerprinted in "The Birthday Girl"?
(a) Salzberg.
(b) West Berlin.
(c) Traiskirchen.
(d) Klagenfurt.

10. When did Penelope and Michael arrange for their first official "date," according to the narrator in "Like Skiers on a Mountainside"?
(a) Saturday at 6:00.
(b) Sunday at 3:00.
(c) Saturday at 4:00.
(d) Friday at 7:00.

11. Which of his brothers does Matthew describe as "the invincible one: The human ball and chain" in "Barbarians" (25)?
(a) Tommy.
(b) Clay.
(c) Rory.
(d) Henry.

12. What was the name of the red cattle dog Michael had as a teen?
(a) Homer.
(b) Moon.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Rosy.

13. What river runs past the town of Silver?
(a) The Amahnu River.
(b) The Murray River.
(c) The Darling River.
(d) The Murrumbidgee River.

14. In what month did Penelope arrive in Australia?
(a) June.
(b) March.
(c) November.
(d) February.

15. Who was the man that gave Penelope money to call her father from the pay phone in "The Birthday Girl"?
(a) Michael.
(b) Waldek.
(c) Tadek.
(d) Andrew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hair did Penelope have?

2. Who is the youngest of the Dunbar brothers?

3. What is the title of Part 3 of the novel?

4. What two books did Penelope's father obsess over?

5. What is the title of Part 2 of the novel?

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