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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dunny tell Diana he wants to do after the war?
(a) Stay where he is an go to university.
(b) Stay where he is and marry Diana.
(c) Return to Canada and go to university.
(d) Return to Canada and marry Leola.

2. Joel Surgeoner is the head of what?
(a) Lifeline Mission in Montreal.
(b) Lifeline Mission in Quebec.
(c) Lifeline Mission in Durston.
(d) Lifeline Mission in Toronto.

3. What religion is Mrs. Ramsay?
(a) Presbyterian.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Anglican.

4. What does Percy Staunton share with Dunstan that enables Dunstan to get more money?
(a) Stock tips.
(b) How to earn interest.
(c) His money.
(d) Investment opportunities.

5. What is Dunstan's quest in Europe?
(a) To visit all the battlefields so he can see where he was injured.
(b) To find various statues of the Madonna.
(c) To visit all his fellow soldiers who live in Europe.
(d) To find the statue of the Madonna he saw on the night he was injured.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Dunstan's home village?

2. Why does Rev. Dempster prohibit Dunny from speaking to his family?

3. What is the name of the lady who took Mary Dempster away from Deptford?

4. At the age of thirteen, what job does Dunny get?

5. Where does Dunstan find Paul Dempster and a statue of Wilgefortis?

Short Essay Questions

1. While in Europe searching for the statue he saw on the battlefield, what does Dunstan find that becomes a life-long study?

2. When Dunstable awakens in the hospital, what has happened to his body?

3. Why do the villagers judge Mrs. Dempster as lacking?

4. Boy gives stock tips to Dunstan that help him increase his wealth, but also cause Dunstan to feel what emotions towards Boy?

5. Why does Dunstan want to teach boys?

6. Why do the villagers decide that Mrs. Dempster is "simple?"

7. Why does Boy choose the Prince of Wales as his role model?

8. How did Dunstan gain his nest egg?

9. At the beginning of the story, what happens when the narrator leaves Percy to go home for dinner?

10. What does Dunstan, the narrator, tell the Headmaster of the school that he recently retired from, is the point of this book?

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