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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Dunstan's commanding officers indoctrinate Dunstan and his fellow soldiers to believe?
(a) All Canadians who serve in the military are true men.
(b) All Germans are the devil incarnate.
(c) All Germans deserve to be killed.
(d) All Canadians are the best soldiers.

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

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

4. Where do Percy, Leola and Dunstan meet after Percy and Leola's wedding?
(a) On a train.
(b) At dinner.
(c) At a hotel.
(d) On a ship.

5. Who is the prettiest girl in the village?
(a) Leola Cruikshank.
(b) Leanna Crushik.
(c) Marian Dempster.
(d) Mary Papple.

6. What did Paul Dempster do when he was 10 years old?
(a) Run away with the circus.
(b) Run away to his aunt.
(c) Run away with a magician.
(d) Run away with gypsies.

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

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

9. What is the name for someone who is a know it all?
(a) Polynoun.
(b) Polymouth.
(c) Polymath.
(d) Polymorphous.

10. 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 has retired.
(c) The Headmaster of the school from which Dunstan Ramsay was fired.
(d) The Headmaster of the school where the narrator teaches.

11. Who presents Dunny with his military award?
(a) The commanding general.
(b) His commanding officer.
(c) The King.
(d) The Queen.

12. What feeling does Dunny admit to after hearing of his parents' death?
(a) Relief.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Calm.
(d) Happiness.

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

14. Dunny's parents were killed by what?
(a) The flu epidemic of 1917.
(b) The flu epidemic of 1920.
(c) The flu epidemic of 1918.
(d) The flu epidemic of 1919.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Dunstan go in Europe after he graduates?

3. Which character was born prematurely?

4. What skills does Mrs. Dempster lack because she grew up with servants?

5. The night before Dunny departs from the village, what does Leola Cruikshank announce?

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