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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What object in the house does the narrator say "watched [the Murderer] from behind" in the end of "The Greeks Got Him" (34)?
(a) "The mirror."
(b) "The piano."
(c) "The chair."
(d) "The fence."

4. How long after meeting did Penelope and Michael Dunbar marry?
(a) 1 year and 2 months.
(b) 1 year and 7 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 6 months.

5. Who was responsible for the stolen letter-box in "The Arsemover and the Minotaur"?
(a) Henry.
(b) Rory.
(c) Clay.
(d) Matthew.

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

7. What was the date that the Murderer was said to have come home in "The Forces are Displayed"?
(a) September 12.
(b) June 23.
(c) March 2.
(d) February 17.

8. 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) 3:00.
(d) 7:00.

9. How tall is the Murderer described as being in "Portrait of a Killer as a Middle-Aged Man"?
(a) 6'.
(b) 5'8".
(c) 5'10".
(d) 6'2".

10. What was Claudia's surname before she married?
(a) Hanley.
(b) Draft.
(c) Kirkby.
(d) Merchison.

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

12. Before Penelope's father smuggled her out of the Eastern Bloc, where was the one place she had played in the West?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Paris.
(c) Nebenstadt.
(d) Vienna.

13. What is the title of Part 3 of the novel?
(a) "Cities + Waters + Criminals."
(b) "Cities + Arches + Waters."
(c) "Cities + Waters + Arches."
(d) "Cities + Criminals + Arches."

14. What month was it when Penelope finally braved knocking at Michael's door for the first time?
(a) May.
(b) July.
(c) June.
(d) April.

15. What book did Clay know Carey Novac was reading in "The Forces are Displayed"?
(a) The Master Weaver.
(b) The Quarryman.
(c) The Odyssey.
(d) The Iliad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Abbey earn a degree in?

2. On the title page of "The Clay Stack," Michael Dunbar wrote to Clay to refer to what page in "THE OLD PLAN"?

3. What was Penelope's maiden name?

4. What song did Penelope play on the piano after breaking her nose?

5. Who was the employer of Michael's mother?

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