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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the youngest of the Dunbar brothers?
(a) Tommy.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Henry.
(d) Clay.

2. Who was the employer of Michael's mother?
(a) Dr. Skawinski.
(b) Dr. Winston.
(c) Dr. Weinrauch.
(d) Dr. Vellersmich.

3. How did Michael propose to Penelope?
(a) He got on his knee at a disco.
(b) He painted his proposal on her piano keys.
(c) He painted his proposal on her mirror.
(d) He painted a proposal on canvas and placed it in her room.

4. Whose letter did Clay read first in "War of the Roses"?
(a) Matthew's.
(b) Henry's.
(c) Tommy's.
(d) Jack's.

5. What is described as "the oddest part about the calendar" that was in the donation box sent to Michael (141)?
(a) "That it was outdated."
(b) "That it was missing pages."
(c) "That it was ripped up."
(d) "That is was brand new."

6. When did the East German government announce that all GDR citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin?
(a) November, 1989.
(b) January, 1993.
(c) March, 1985.
(d) May, 1995.

7. What is the full name of the pigeon that is described in "The Greeks Got Him"?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Telemachus.
(d) Hector.

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

9. What movie was Matthew watching when Clay returned home in "The Violence of Brothers"?
(a) Rain Man.
(b) The Bachelor Party.
(c) Gremilns.
(d) Turner and Hutch.

10. What flowers did Michael bring to Penelope on their first "date"?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Roses.
(c) Pansies.
(d) Daffodils.

11. Who is the third-eldest Dunbar brother?
(a) Henry.
(b) Clay.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Tommy.

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

13. How old was Michael when he looked up Albert Einstein and found him to be inspiring?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

14. Who is the woman that gave Matthew directions to the Merchisons' home in "Before the Beginning"?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Abbey.
(c) Daphne.
(d) Marie.

15. How many pages comprised the stack called "THE OLD PLAN" in "The Clay Stack"?
(a) 213 pages.
(b) 100 pages.
(c) 25 pages.
(d) 113 pages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Penelope ask Michael to read from to her after she broke her nose?

2. What was Penelope's maiden name?

3. What color was Abbey Hanley's hair?

4. In "Bernborough," Matthew says, "On days like these, Henry had rules" (27). What was the first rule?

5. Who was featured in April in the "Men Who Changed the World" calendar?

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