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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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(c) "That it was outdated."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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date were Michael and Penelope married?

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

3. Who is the third-eldest Dunbar brother?

4. On what street is the Dunbar home described as having been located?

5. What three words did Clay say while looking back at his work before walking to the town in "The Boy With Bleeding Hands" (196)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the symbolic significance of Clay's lighter?

2. Who does "the Murderer" refer to and why does he come to the Dunbar home?

3. How did Penelope gain the nickname "The Broken-Nosed Bride"?

4. What is the significance of the calendar that Michael got as a child?

5. How is the setting of The Surrounds described?

6. How did the relationship between Penelope and Michael begin?

7. How did Penelope feel about emigrating from her childhood home? Why?

8. How did Michael propose to Penelope? How did she respond?

9. How is the mood developed in Part 1? What mood is evoked?

10. What led to the end of Michael's relationship with Abbey?

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