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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dunstan loses his ability to visit Mary Dempster because he told her what?
(a) That Dunstan is paying for her care.
(b) That her husband is dead.
(c) That Paul was dead.
(d) That he had found Paul.

2. What is the name of the woman who plays Gretchen and Venus in the show Dunstan sees in Mexico?
(a) Katarina.
(b) Faustina.
(c) Liesl.
(d) Margaret.

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

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

5. Liesl is a student of what?
(a) History.
(b) Art.
(c) Hagiography.
(d) Magic.

6. Who is the keeper of Mrs. Dempster's ashes?
(a) They put the ashes in the river.
(b) Paul.
(c) Dunstan.
(d) No one, they are buried.

7. Dunstan blames Mrs. Dempster's broken spirits on what act of his?
(a) Not visiting her anymore.
(b) Leaving her for so long while he was in Mexico.
(c) Not bringing her any gifts.
(d) Telling her about Paul.

8. Who is Orpheus Wettenhall?
(a) Miss Shanklin's lawyer.
(b) Miss Shanklin's lover.
(c) Miss Shanklin's husband.
(d) Miss Shanklin's housekeeper.

9. What does Eisengrim tell Boy that he called him during Eisengrim's days in Deptford?
(a) Spoiled Young Ruler.
(b) Rich Bully Boy.
(c) Rich Young Ruler.
(d) Spoiled Bully Boy.

10. Liesl wants to incorporate a thought-reading act into the show called what?
(a) The all-knowing crystal ball.
(b) The Amazing Great Head.
(c) The Talking Head.
(d) The Brazen Head.

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

12. Boy tells Eisengrim that he doesn't remember the Dempsters. What reason does Boy give?
(a) He only remembers events after his injury.
(b) He doesn't remember things before the war.
(c) He doesn't remember things that have no use to him.
(d) He only remembers positive things.

13. Who is Magnus Eisengrim?
(a) Paul Dempster.
(b) Padre Barzon.
(c) An old student of Dunstan's.
(d) A friend of Percy's.

14. Padre Blazon refers to Mary Dempster as what?
(a) Dunstan's mother.
(b) Dunstan's purpose in life.
(c) Dunstan's fool-saint.
(d) Dunstan's obsession.

15. What does Boy tell his fashionable friends that Dunstan is?
(a) A professor.
(b) A published author.
(c) A writer.
(d) A teacher.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Boy takes a lot of heat for what characteristic?

3. What school does David go to when he is twelve years old?

4. What is the name of the woman Boy Staunton marries after the death of his first wife?

5. When Dunstan does not get the job as the new Headmaster, he insists on a paid leave of absence to go where?

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