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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Dunstan become a teacher?
(a) Colborne College.
(b) University College.
(c) Colborne University.
(d) Colgate University.

2. When Boy gets upset during the Christmas season of 1936, what does Leola find in his coat pocket?
(a) A note from Boy's lover.
(b) A receipt for her Christmas present.
(c) A receipt for a new house.
(d) A note from Boy's father.

3. At the beginning of his military service, what emotional ailment did Dunstable suffer from?
(a) Depression.
(b) Home sickness.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Isolation.

4. What nickname does Dunstable live down by performing a raunchy vaudevillian impersonation of Charlie Chaplain for the troops?
(a) Father.
(b) Reverend.
(c) Deacon.
(d) Priest.

5. Who tells David of his mother's death?
(a) Caroline.
(b) Boy.
(c) Percy.
(d) Dunstan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dunstan believe is suffering most from the events of Christmas 1936?

2. What do Diana's parents feel about Diana and Dunstan not marrying?

3. What does Dunstan do when he visits his parents' now empty house?

4. When Leola is found in the bathtub, who is her note addressed to?

5. What were Percy and the narrator doing in the snow at the beginning of the story?

(see the answer key)

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