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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Royal jelly comes from __________.

2. In The Champion of the World, Claud hides sleeping pills in ___________.

3. In My Lady Love, My Dove, what do the Beuchamps enjoys playing?

4. In Royal Jelly, what is the name of Albert's wife?

5. What does Pig's aunt NOT eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Claud's Dog, what does the rat catcher say about rat's blood?

2. How does William from Dip in the Pool die?

3. In The Champion of the World, how does Claud go about poaching pheasants?

4. In Lamb to the Slaughter, why does Mary kill her husband?

5. In The Visitor, what does Cornelius think about the entire time he was eating dinner at the Egyptian's house?

6. In The Way Up to Heaven, what does Mr. Foster do to irritate his wife?

7. What does The Great Automatic Grammatizator do?

8. In Parson's Pleasure, why does Boggis do his business with country folk?

9. What is Royal Jelly?

10. Why does Louisa from Edward the Conqueror think the cat was a musician in another life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was one theme you found throughout a number of these stories, and how was is presented?

Essay Topic 2

Many vulnerable characters were taken advantage of in these stories. What are some examples of this, and why do you think the message of these incidents was so important to Roald Dahl?

Essay Topic 3

Death is an integral part of a number of these stories. What are some of the most significant instances of death, and how does it change the course of the plot in those stories?

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