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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Boy describes sex as if it were what sporting event?
(a) A wrestling match.
(b) A basketball game.
(c) A round of boxing.
(d) A football game.

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

5. 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 that have no use to him.
(c) He doesn't remember things before the war.
(d) He only remembers positive things.

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

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

8. 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) Jesuit publication of the Saints.
(b) Analecta Bollandiana.
(c) Saints of the Bollandiana.
(d) Jesuit Analecta.

9. What book of Dunstan's becomes a bestseller?
(a) Thousand Saints for Teachers and Students.
(b) A History of Saints in Europe.
(c) The autobiography of Magnus Eisengrim.
(d) Thousand Saints for Travelers.

10. Who provides the voice for the thought-sensing trick?
(a) Liesl.
(b) Dunstan.
(c) Faustina.
(d) Paul.

11. Boy dies a few days before he was to be appointed to what post?
(a) Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario.
(b) Aide de Camp to the Crown Prince.
(c) Cabinet Minister of Food Production and Distribution.
(d) Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec.

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

13. Leola dies of what disease?
(a) Pox.
(b) Plague.
(c) Flu.
(d) Pneumonia.

14. How does Orpheus Wettenhall die?
(a) He commits suicide.
(b) He doesn't die.
(c) He gets run over by a car.
(d) He gets murdered.

15. Who is the most colorful priest that Dunstan meets in the Jesuit community?
(a) Father Dylan.
(b) Padre Blazon.
(c) Padre Franco.
(d) Father Ignacio.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Padre Blazon refers to Mary Dempster as what?

3. What is on the roll of film Boy gives to Dunston to develop?

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

5. Who does Dunstan believe Eisengrim is in love with?

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