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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Michael's favorite television series as a kid?
(a) Cheers.
(b) Bewitched.
(c) Mork and Mindy.
(d) Newhart.

2. Who is the second-eldest Dunbar brother?
(a) Clay.
(b) Rory.
(c) Henry.
(d) Matthew.

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

4. What did Penelope ask Michael to read from to her after she broke her nose?
(a) Finnegan's Wake.
(b) The Iliad.
(c) The Odyssey.
(d) The Quarryman.

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

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

7. Where did Michael live when he and Penelope began seeing one another?
(a) Fairway Street.
(b) Pepper Street.
(c) Riverview Street.
(d) Archer Street.

8. What is the name of the border collie that is described in "Warming Up the Clay Way"?
(a) Hector.
(b) Moon.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Rosy.

9. Matthew describes the Merchisons in "Before the Beginning" as honest and what (6)?
(a) Blunt.
(b) Foreboding.
(c) Tall.
(d) Hairy.

10. To what is the sun in Australia compared through metaphor in the beginning of "The Mistake Maker"?
(a) A dragon.
(b) The Grim Reaper.
(c) A Viking.
(d) A rocket.

11. To what is Michael Dunbar's house compared through metaphor in "The Corridor" (134)?
(a) A hunchback.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A castle.
(d) An open sky.

12. At least how many children did Penelope tell Michael she wanted?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

13. What was the second thing Penelope bought after arriving in Australia?
(a) A pair of short.
(b) A pair of flip-flops.
(c) A car.
(d) A bikini.

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

15. On what street did Michael grow up in Featherton?
(a) Archer Street.
(b) Miller Street.
(c) Pepper Street.
(d) Smith Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attribute does Matthew claim he and Clay share in "The Killer in His Pocket"?

2. Who was the man that gave Penelope money to call her father from the pay phone in "The Birthday Girl"?

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

4. What color was Abbey Hanley's hair?

5. In what month did Penelope arrive in Australia?

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