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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. When Boy was at Eisengrim's show, what was he carrying in his pocket?
(a) A letter from his mistress.
(b) His wallet with a lot of money in it.
(c) A letter from his son.
(d) The letter appointing him to be Lieutenant-Governor.

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

3. Dunstan's priest friend is tolerated by the other Jesuits because he is what?
(a) Old and senile.
(b) Smart and dying.
(c) Fun and helpful.
(d) Well-learned and intelligent.

4. When does Boy return for good from his war efforts in Europe?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1948.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dunstan loses his ability to visit Mary Dempster because he told her what?

2. Where does Dunstan go the summer after Mary Dempster's death?

3. What is the name of the woman Boy Staunton marries after the death of his first wife?

4. When Dunstan visits Mary Dempster, after his return from Europe, what is she wearing each time he comes?

5. What does Dunstan find in a local cathedral in Salzburg?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does the head, during a magic show, say killed Boy Staunton?

2. Why is Dunstan furious at Boy when Boy gives him the roll of film to develop?

3. What are the two things that Dunstan gets the Board to agree to instead of naming him Headmaster?

4. Why is Leola a failure as a wife in Boy's eyes?

5. What happens to the young men that Boy takes under his wing in his company as prodigies?

6. Why is Denyse's plan of getting Boy appointed Lieutenant-Governor described as a complicated plan?

7. What is Padre Blazon's personal theory about what will happen when Jesus returns?

8. What does Dunstan think is suspicious about the way Leola died?

9. What memory has Boy suppressed from their childhood that shocks Dunstan when he learns Boy doesn't remember it?

10. Why does Padre Blazon suggest that Dunstan put aside his guilt over Mary Dempster?

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