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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Dunstable's nurse in the hospital?
(a) Dina Merless.
(b) Diane Martin.
(c) Diana Marfleet.
(d) Deanna Margus.

2. What name does Milo Papple give to the Dempster's house?
(a) The bughouse.
(b) The funhouse.
(c) The doghouse.
(d) The nuthouse.

3. Dunstan becomes victim of what rumors as a bachelor teacher?
(a) That he is a pedophile.
(b) That he is difficult to live with.
(c) That he is a homosexual.
(d) That he doesn't like women.

4. What does the narrator remember from his war experience?
(a) Earning medals and dodging bullets.
(b) Historic events and confusion on the front lines.
(c) Chaos and confusion.
(d) Dodging bullets and attack plans.

5. The "fool-saint" comes from which religious tradition?
(a) Protestant.
(b) Anglican.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Jewish.

6. What news did Dunny's parents receive before they died?
(a) That Dunny was dead.
(b) That Dunny had won a prestigious award.
(c) That Dunny was alive.
(d) That Dunny was in the hospital and sick.

7. During his college years, Percy Staunton renamed himself what?
(a) Boyd Staunton.
(b) Man Staunton.
(c) Percy Boyd Staunton.
(d) Boy Staunton.

8. What do Diana's parents feel about Diana and Dunstan not marrying?
(a) They approve.
(b) They disapprove.
(c) Relief.
(d) Sadness.

9. Who does the Deptford magistrate believe threw the snowball at Mrs. Dempster?
(a) Paul.
(b) Milo.
(c) Percy .
(d) Dunstan.

10. Why is Paul not accepted by the village as a child?
(a) He lives in a house with his mother.
(b) His mother has a reputation for being simple.
(c) He is simple.
(d) His mother keeps him isolated.

11. In the Fall of 1919, what school does Dunstan enter?
(a) Edward University.
(b) Quebec University.
(c) Colgate College.
(d) University College.

12. Who is the narrator's intended audience?
(a) The Headmaster of the school where Percy Stanton graduated from.
(b) The Headmaster of the school from which Dunstan Ramsay was fired.
(c) The Headmaster of the school where the narrator teaches.
(d) The Headmaster of the school from which Dunstan Ramsay has retired.

13. What statue does Dunstable see before he passes out, unconscious from blood loss?
(a) A statue of a scholar.
(b) A statue of Einstein.
(c) A statue of Altas holding the world on his shoulders.
(d) A statue of the Virgin and Child.

14. The night before Dunny departs from the village, what does Leola Cruikshank announce?
(a) That she wants to go with Dunny.
(b) That Dunny has replaced Percy in her heart.
(c) That she still loves Percy.
(d) That she will marry Dunny.

15. Where does the village gather to celebrate Dunstan's return?
(a) The village square.
(b) The opera house.
(c) The town hall.
(d) The church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dunstan do right after college?

2. In an effort to find shelter during a night raid, what does Dunstable run into that saves his men from enemy fire?

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

4. Joel Surgeoner is the head of what?

5. Dunstan recognizes Joel Surgeoner as the tramp/vagrant who did what?

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