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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 occasionally embarrasses William at the Driffield's house?
(a) The looks that pass between Rosie and Ted.
(b) An allusion to his uncle's strictness.
(c) The looks that pass between Rosie and Kemp.
(d) An allusion to his uncle's sermons.

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

3. In what town does Ashenden grow up?
(a) Kent.
(b) Blackstable.
(c) Standis.
(d) Breckwhich.

4. What does Lady Hodmarsh call Amy?
(a) A devoted daughter.
(b) A sacrificial caregiver.
(c) A money grabber.
(d) A hoyden.

5. What is Ted considered at age 80?
(a) The Grand Old Man of English Letters.
(b) Boring.
(c) Washed out.
(d) Untouchable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roy want when he calls William?

2. What is Kear free of?

3. With whom does Ted's companion Rosie carry on at one time?

4. What does Amy have to force Ted to do?

5. Who can Ashenden's aunt not abide?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Roy and William doing and what topic does Roy bring up?

2. How does Ashenden characterize Alroy Kear's writing career?

3. Describe Roy Kear.

4. What does William offer out of his memories of Ted and how does Roy respond?

5. What is fashionable to do when William is a young man?

6. What does William think about Ted's depiction of the high-born and others comparing Ted s to Shakespeare?

7. Why does Roy want William's assistance in writing Ted's biograph and what is Roy's purpose in doing so?

8. How does Ted know the Kemp family and what does he think of them?

9. Describe Quinten Forde.

10. What happens when William comes home for Easter Break and what surprising announcement does the Vicar make?

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