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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. In what century does the tennis match take place?
(a) The 17th century.
(b) The 18th century.
(c) The 19th century.
(d) The 20th century.

2. According to the narrator, who is the counter-balance to Filibert?
(a) Filipow.
(b) Filigroan.
(c) Filiman.
(d) Filidor.

3. How does the schoolgirl respond when her parents ask her who the young boy was they saw her with?
(a) She is apathetic.
(b) She is confused.
(c) She is embarrassed.
(d) She is outraged.

4. What tragic event happens to the Marquis's wife as she is watching the gentlemen ride up to her husband?
(a) She faints and hits her head.
(b) She is run over by the marching horses.
(c) Her heart stops beating.
(d) She miscarries her pregnancy.

5. How long did Joey live in his childhood home before his family moved away?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 15 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part about Mrs. Youngblood is particularly annoying to Joey when he thinks about her?

2. What does Uncle find the valet doing for Kneadus out in the woods, which enrages him?

3. What do the sophisticated members of the tennis audience do when they see the brawl breaking out?

4. How do the Youngbloods react when they see Kopyrda in their daughter's bedroom?

5. What motivation does Uncle think Kneadus has in befriending the valet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Pimko also arrives outside Zuta's window while Kopyrda is still inside?

2. How does the colonel respond to the tennis game he is watching in the 18th century?

3. How does Mrs. Youngblood react when she realizes that Joey is in love with Zuta?

4. Why does Joey end up in a field at the end of the novel?

5. How does Zuta react when Kopyrda sneaks through her bedroom window?

6. What interesting items does Joey find in Zuta's bedroom when he snoops through her belongings?

7. How does Auntie feel about the budding friendship between Valek and Kneadus?

8. How does Kneadus react when he sees the farmhand he has been searching for working at Auntie's house?

9. Why does Joey create a peephole between his bedroom and Zuta's bedroom?

10. Why does Joey alter the fruit compote he is served for dessert with the Youngblood family?

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