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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does Dunstan agree to write for Liesl?
(a) Magnus Eisengrim's autobiography.
(b) A story of their magic show.
(c) A history of magic tricks.
(d) A story about Magnus Eisengrim.

2. When Eisengrim is speaking to Boy, what does Eisengrim say caused him to run away?
(a) Boy calling his mother a whore.
(b) Boy's bullying of the other boys.
(c) Boy's awful treatment of Dunstan.
(d) The village's hate of his mother.

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) South America.
(d) Latin America.

4. Liesl was raised in what religion?
(a) Calvinist.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Anglican.
(d) Protestant.

5. What is the date and location the narrator gives for the writing of the story?
(a) Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, 1960.
(b) Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, 1975.
(c) Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, 1970.
(d) Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, 1975.

6. In addition to caring for Mrs. Dempster, teaching, and being Boy's primary confidant, what publication is Dunstan doing a lot of writing for?
(a) Saints of the Bollandiana.
(b) Jesuit publication of the Saints.
(c) Analecta Bollandiana.
(d) Jesuit Analecta.

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

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

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

10. The role of Fifth Business is from what art form?
(a) Opera.
(b) Drama.
(c) Music.
(d) Theater.

11. What school does David go to when he is twelve years old?
(a) University College.
(b) Public School.
(c) Colborne College.
(d) Colgate School University.

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

13. The final act of the show Dunston sees in Latin America is based on what tale?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Faust.
(c) Gertrude.
(d) Huckleberry Finn.

14. Since the former Headmaster died, what has Dunstan been doing?
(a) Serving as the head of the history department.
(b) Serving as the head teacher to help the interim Headmaster.
(c) Serving as temporary Headmaster.
(d) Serving as the head of the search for a new Headmaster.

15. What position is Boy appointed to in the Cabinet?
(a) Minister of Agriculture.
(b) Minister of Dispersment.
(c) Minister of Finance.
(d) Minister of Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leola dies of what disease?

2. When Boy was at Eisengrim's show, what was he carrying in his pocket?

3. What does Liesl tell Dunstan his obsession with Mary Dempster is about?

4. On the Opera stages of Europe, what kind of voice usually plays the odd man out?

5. When Boy humiliates Leola at dinner with Dunstan, what story does Dunstan tell Boy?

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