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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. How does Ted Driffield act the last time William saw him?
(a) The same as always.
(b) As if he does not know William.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Jovial.

2. What mystifies the young William about Rosie after he hears her history?
(a) That his uncle would forbid his associating with her.
(b) That she is still light hearted.
(c) That Ted would marry her.
(d) That she has never had a baby.

3. Why does Ted teach William to ride a bicycle?
(a) Ted is trying to ingratiate himself with William's aunt.
(b) William seems not to be able to teach himself.
(c) Ted feels sorry for William.
(d) William's uncle requests it of Ted.

4. Who tells William of the Driffield's background?
(a) William's uncle.
(b) William's teacher.
(c) William's aunt.
(d) A maid named Mary-Ann.

5. What does William say is Ted's outstanding merit?
(a) His Bohemian lifestyle.
(b) His longevity.
(c) His good taste in horses.
(d) His first wife Rosie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does William recommend about Ted's first novel while at school?

2. What is Ted considered at age 80?

3. What does William say Ted was interested in?

4. Who is Mrs. Encombe?

5. What does William use to interpret between the lines of what he learns about Ted and Rosie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Roy Kear.

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

3. Describe William's memory of the last time he saw Ted.

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

5. How does William act for a while around the Driffields after seeing Rosie with Kemp?

6. What happens when William finds Rosie at tea one evening and then after Rosie walks out the door?

7. Who comes to see William off to the new school term and how does William act?

8. How does William initially meet Rosie?

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

10. What does William say when asked about Edward Driffield and what do they debate?

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