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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 color was Abbey Hanley's hair?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

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

3. What color hair did Penelope have?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What name did Penelope die with, according to the narrator in "The Mistake Maker"?

2. What was the date that the Murderer was said to have come home in "The Forces are Displayed"?

3. What was the local group that donated toys and household items to fire victims in the town where Michael grew up?

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

5. What was the first thing Penelope bought after arriving in Australia?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Penelope react upon learning of Abbey?

2. How and why did Penelope purchase a piano?

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

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

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

6. Where is Michael's home and the bridge site located? How is this setting described?

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

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

9. How is Penelope's childhood described? Who raised her?

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

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