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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of Dunstan's home village?
(a) Daunton.
(b) Dampton.
(c) Deptford.
(d) Demford.

3. What does Dunstan study in school after the war?
(a) Government.
(b) English.
(c) History.
(d) Political Science.

4. What religion is Mrs. Ramsay?
(a) Presbyterian.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Anglican.
(d) Baptist.

5. What part of Dunstable's body is amputated?
(a) His hand.
(b) His foot.
(c) His leg.
(d) His arm.

6. What does Mrs. Dempster do to bring Willie back to life?
(a) CPR.
(b) Breathes on him and calls his name.
(c) Prays and calls out his name.
(d) Prays over him.

7. What is the title of Dunstan's first published book?
(a) A Hundred Saints for Everyone.
(b) A Hundred Saints for Travelers.
(c) A Hundred Saints for Teachers.
(d) A Hundred Saints for Boys and Men.

8. Who gives Dunny the name Dunstan?
(a) Leola.
(b) He gives it to himself.
(c) Paul.
(d) Diana.

9. When Dunny's mother makes him choose between Mrs. Dempster and her, what is Dunny's choice?
(a) Mrs. Dempster.
(b) To leave town to go to college.
(c) His mother.
(d) To enlist in the military.

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

11. What does Dunstan do right after college?
(a) He earns another B.A.
(b) He earns his M.A.
(c) He earns his Ph.D.
(d) He goes to work as a teacher.

12. What type of damage did the snowball cause to the person it hit?
(a) Permanent hearing damage.
(b) Permanent vision damage.
(c) Permanent mobility damage.
(d) Permanent brain damage.

13. What happened to Dunstan's family's house and newspaper business after he left for school?
(a) The house was sold, and the newspaper went out of business.
(b) He sold them at auction.
(c) They were destroyed.
(d) He had them torn down.

14. What does Dunny tell Diana he wants to do after the war?
(a) Return to Canada and go to university.
(b) Stay where he is and marry Diana.
(c) Stay where he is an go to university.
(d) Return to Canada and marry Leola.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What military division was Dunstable part of?

2. Who is the leader of the circus Paul belongs to?

3. Dunny's parents were killed by what?

4. What does the narrator remember from his war experience?

5. What do Dunstan's commanding officers indoctrinate Dunstan and his fellow soldiers to believe?

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