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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 awful treatment of Dunstan.
(c) Boy's bullying of the other boys.
(d) The village's hate of his mother.

2. When Leola is found in the bathtub, who is her note addressed to?
(a) Dunstan.
(b) Boy.
(c) God.
(d) Her children.

3. 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 Dunstan sent him when he ran away.
(d) The money Paul got when his mother died.

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

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

6. Boy makes a fortune during what time period because he specializes in providing bulky, comforting and cheap food?
(a) The Depression.
(b) The 1940's.
(c) World War II.
(d) The 1910's.

7. On the Opera stages of Europe, what kind of voice usually plays the odd man out?
(a) Any voice will work.
(b) Basso.
(c) Baritone.
(d) Tenor.

8. Who plays the heroine on the Opera stages of Europe?
(a) Contralto.
(b) Basso.
(c) Prima Donna.
(d) Tenor.

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

10. When Dunstan does not respond to Liesl's advances, what does Liesl beat him with?
(a) His wooden leg.
(b) A lamp.
(c) A bat.
(d) His cane.

11. What is the relationship between Faustina and Eisengrim?
(a) She is his employee.
(b) She is his wife.
(c) She is his cousin.
(d) She is his mistress.

12. If Dunstan says anything negative about Boy to Leona, what does Leona do?
(a) Starts crying.
(b) Takes her husband's side.
(c) Tells Dunstan she already knows.
(d) Tells Dunstan to be quiet.

13. What are the police puzzled to find in Boy's mouth?
(a) A small stone about the size of an egg.
(b) A bottle of liquor.
(c) A love letter from his mistress.
(d) A lace stocking.

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

15. Boy takes a lot of heat for what characteristic?
(a) Being obsessed with the Prince.
(b) Being a rich capitalist.
(c) Being neglectful to his wife.
(d) Being promiscuous.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who asks Dunstan to write the official autobiography of Boy's life?

3. Instead of using his own name as the author when he publishes the autobiography of Magnus Eisengrim, Dunstan uses what?

4. When Dunstan finds the Bollandists, where does he find Padre Blazon?

5. Wettenhall lost all his money in what event?

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