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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the paperweight on "The Clay Stack"?

2. When did Penelope and Michael arrange for their first official "date," according to the narrator in "Like Skiers on a Mountainside"?

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

4. What was the name of the red cattle dog Michael had as a teen?

5. What is "jeszcze raz" translated as in "The Lives Before They Had Us"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Penelope react upon learning of Abbey?

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

3. Discuss the structure of the novel. How is the story related?

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

5. What is the significance of The Quarryman?

6. What did Clay do after reading through the stacks of his father's plans while Michael was at the mining site in Part 4?

7. How does irony apply to Penelope's piano in Part 4?

8. How is Clay greeted upon returning to the Dunbar home in Part 4?

9. How did Michael and Penelope meet? What were their first impressions of each other?

10. How do Clay's brothers help him train?

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