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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Attendees at the party are generally
(a) Graduates from other colleges.
(b) Faculties from regional universities.
(c) Young men from royal or noble families.
(d) The general student body.

2. A revolver used for starting the races is provided by
(a) Philbrick.
(b) Grimes.
(c) Pennyfeather.
(d) Prendergast.

3. What is Paul preoccupied with after the event is over?
(a) He is upset that the boys did so poorly.
(b) He is thinking about Mrs. Beste-Chetwynde.
(c) He cannot get Chokey out of his mind.
(d) He is mad at Prendergast.

4. Mr. Pendergast dresses up for the occasion in
(a) A stiff evening collar.
(b) A faded blazer that smells of camphor.
(c) A stained and worn top hat.
(d) A new cravat of purple silk.

5. Llanabba has a reputation for being
(a) Mediocre, at most.
(b) Academically remarkable.
(c) A great institution.
(d) Academically sound.

6. What was it that his recently fired teacher had, that Dr. Fagan seeks in a teacher?
(a) Money.
(b) Tone.
(c) Personality.
(d) Attitude.

7. What was the topic of the argument among Prendergast, Philbrick and Cholmondley?
(a) Confessionals.
(b) The rood screen.
(c) Roman Catholicsm.
(d) Music, particularly jazz.

8. Fagan knows that when a person wants to teach, he probably
(a) Has something he is anxious to conceal.
(b) Is hiding a bad family background.
(c) Is a former criminal.
(d) Cannot do anything else.

9. At Llanabba, Philbrick is supposedly engaged to
(a) Gracie.
(b) Prendergast's sister.
(c) Dingy Fagan.
(d) Flossie Fagan.

10. At Scone College, it is the night of the annual dinner for
(a) The Trumpington Club.
(b) The Boar's Hill Club.
(c) The North Oxford Club.
(d) The Bollinger Club.

11. Who else has Fagan's condescension worn down?
(a) Dingy's.
(b) Prendergast's.
(c) Philbrick's.
(d) Paul's.

12. Why is Grimes in the soup again?
(a) He is engaged to Flossie, but already married.
(b) He has promised Flossie a life he can't give her.
(c) He is going to be fired from Llanabba.
(d) He has promised to marry two women.

13. What did the bandmaster offer to Lord Circumference?
(a) His band's services for a party.
(b) To leave the event, for a price.
(c) To play any requested songs.
(d) His sister, for a price.

14. What is the rumor about Mrs. Beste-Chetwynde
(a) She is rich and famous.
(b) She is sister-in-law to Pastmaster.
(c) She is a South American.
(d) She poisoned her last husband.

15. Captain Grimes, another master, has
(a) Leather leggings.
(b) A long, brown beard.
(c) An artificial leg.
(d) Long blonde hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. Prendergast seems obsessed with

2. Mrs. Beste-Chetwynde would like

3. Arthur Potts, unlike the Llanabba masters, seems

4. Why does Grimes think Prendergast cannot keep order?

5. What is so surprising about the wealthy Mrs. Beste-Chetwynde?

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