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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rosie treat William?
(a) Like a grownup.
(b) Like her brother.
(c) Like a child.
(d) Like a pest.

2. Where does William want to stay when helping Roy?
(a) At Amy's home.
(b) At Roy's home.
(c) At the vicarage.
(d) The Bear and Key.

3. What is William trying to do on Easter break?
(a) Learn to shoot quail.
(b) Learn to play bridge.
(c) Learn to play polo.
(d) Grow a mustache.

4. What does Ted teach William?
(a) How to create believable characters.
(b) How to filet a fish.
(c) How to flirt with pretty girls.
(d) How to ride a bicycle.

5. About what does Kear seem to have no qualms?
(a) Taking money for trash.
(b) Abandoning those whose usefulness he has exhausted.
(c) Publishing poor fiction.
(d) Plagiarism.

6. What is Rosie able to do for long periods without growing bored?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Knit.
(c) Spin wool.
(d) Sew.

7. What does Ted give William?
(a) 25 shillings.
(b) 5 shillings.
(c) A one-pound note.
(d) 50 shillings.

8. From where does Amy often have to fetch Ted?
(a) The gambling hall.
(b) The pool hall.
(c) The Bear and Key.
(d) The house of ill repute.

9. What does William say Ted was interested in?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Mystery.
(c) Architecture and farming.
(d) The genetics of plants.

10. What is Kear free of?
(a) Hypocrisy.
(b) Deceit.
(c) Family obligations.
(d) Generosity.

11. How does Ashenden characterize people in the countryside where he is raised?
(a) Gracious.
(b) Rude.
(c) Irritable and suspicious.
(d) Well read and educated.

12. What does Ashenden say about the first Mrs. Driffield?
(a) That she was not an awful woman.
(b) That she was a real witch.
(c) That she writes most of Driffield's material.
(d) That she was misunderstood.

13. What does Amy have to force Ted to do?
(a) Bathe and change clothing.
(b) Write.
(c) Talk to her.
(d) Pay his bills.

14. What does Roy wonder about Rosie?
(a) If Ted actually married her.
(b) How to portray her.
(c) If she and Ted loved each other.
(d) If she is still alive.

15. What does William claim about him and Ted?
(a) He makes no claims.
(b) He and Ted had a falling out and William burns all Ted's letters.
(c) He has no letters or other materials from his association with Ted.
(d) He and Ted exchanged dozens of letters, all of which William still has.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what topic does Kear ease into finally?

2. What does Amy write to William?

3. What happens when William is riding a bike soon after he learns how?

4. What does William say the English reverence in general?

5. What occasionally embarrasses William at the Driffield's house?

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