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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 statue does Dunstable see before he passes out, unconscious from blood loss?
(a) A statue of a scholar.
(b) A statue of Einstein.
(c) A statue of the Virgin and Child.
(d) A statue of Altas holding the world on his shoulders.

2. What do Dunstan's commanding officers indoctrinate Dunstan and his fellow soldiers to believe?
(a) All Germans deserve to be killed.
(b) All Canadians who serve in the military are true men.
(c) All Germans are the devil incarnate.
(d) All Canadians are the best soldiers.

3. The Ramsay family moved to the village from what country?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Wales.
(d) England.

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

5. Dunstan recognizes Joel Surgeoner as the tramp/vagrant who did what?
(a) Stole Mary Dempster from her house.
(b) Led Mary Dempster to her downfall.
(c) Led Amsa Dempster to Mary Dempster.
(d) Ran away with Paul Dempster.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Percy and the narrator doing in the snow at the beginning of the story?

2. What type of damage did the snowball cause to the person it hit?

3. After Amasa Dempster gives his resignation to his congregation, what does rumor say he does with Mrs. Dempster?

4. What does the Catholic priest say to Dunstan's comment that Mrs. Dempster is a saint?

5. Who introduces Dunstan to the concept of a "fool-saint?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Dempster's always take their stroll around town during the dinner hour?

2. Why does Diana give Dunstable the name Dunstan?

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

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

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

6. Why does Dunstable carry around a Bible when he is a soldier?

7. What words from Mrs. Dempster come back to Dunstable when he is lying wounded in the church?

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

9. What traits does Dunstable observe in the members of his units that are attributed to German officers?

10. Why is Dunstan unwilling to marry any woman?

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