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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Dunstan visits Mary Dempster, after his return from Europe, what is she wearing each time he comes?
(a) Her coat and hat.
(b) Her dress and shawl.
(c) The same dress.
(d) Her bathrobe.

2. What does Boy rely on Dunstan for at parties?
(a) To keep the guests happy.
(b) To be the dullest guest.
(c) To speak intelligently about current events.
(d) To keep the dullest guests occupied.

3. When Dunstan does not get the job as the new Headmaster, he insists on a paid leave of absence to go where?
(a) Asia.
(b) Europe.
(c) Latin America.
(d) South America.

4. What is the tour in Mexico supposed to do for the show?
(a) Bring it to international notice.
(b) Make money.
(c) Perfect it.
(d) Gain a following.

5. Liesl suggests that Eisengrim set up an automatic payment at the bank to do what?
(a) Pay the salaries of the show's employees.
(b) Help pay for his mother's care.
(c) Cover the costs of Dunstan's further travel.
(d) Pay Dunstan to help his mother.

6. When speaking to Padre Blazon, who does Dunstan refer to as his devil?
(a) Faustina.
(b) Percy.
(c) Paul.
(d) Liesl.

7. When Boy humiliates Leola at dinner with Dunstan, what story does Dunstan tell Boy?
(a) The story of Candules and King Gyanvies.
(b) The story of St. Dunstan and the devil.
(c) The story of St. Wilgefortis.
(d) The story of Gyges and King Candaules.

8. Before being able to write Boy's autobiography, Dunstan suffers from what health issue?
(a) The flu.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) Pnemonia.
(d) A stroke.

9. Who does Eisengrim say was his first magic teacher?
(a) Dunstan.
(b) Le Solitaire.
(c) Liesl.
(d) His mother.

10. What does Liesl tell Dunstan his obsession with Mary Dempster is about?
(a) His inability to feel love for anyone.
(b) His inability to love a woman.
(c) His inability to love his mother.
(d) His inability to connect with his fellow human beings.

11. Dunstan asks Padre Blazon if he has found God helps him be what?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Intelligent.
(c) Happy.
(d) Old.

12. When Paul thanks Dunstan for the temporary loan, what is he referring to?
(a) The money Dunstan gave him while they were in Europe.
(b) The money in Dunstan's wallet when he took it in Europe.
(c) The money Paul got when his mother died.
(d) The money Dunstan sent him when he ran away.

13. Where does Dunstan place Mary Dempster for care after her aunt dies?
(a) In a private hospital in Toronto.
(b) In her aunt's house with round-the-clock care.
(c) In a new house with round-the-clock care.
(d) In a public hospital in Toronto.

14. Who introduces Eisengrim to Boy?
(a) Caroline.
(b) Dunstan.
(c) Denyse.
(d) Liesl.

15. Who does Dunstan believe Eisengrim is in love with?
(a) Himself.
(b) Faustina.
(c) Liesl.
(d) His dead mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Liesl explains the role of the Fifth Business?

2. What is the date and location the narrator gives for the writing of the story?

3. Who shows up at Leona's funeral and remarks that it must be hard for Dunstan to lose her a second time?

4. When Dunstan does not respond to Liesl's advances, what does Liesl beat him with?

5. Leola dies of what disease?

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