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

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

3. What health problem led to Mary Dempster's death?
(a) Falling down the stairs.
(b) Hitting her head.
(c) A stroke.
(d) A heart attack.

4. Wettenhall lost all his money in what event?
(a) The investment market crash of 1934.
(b) The stock market crash of 1929.
(c) The Great Depression.
(d) The war.

5. What does Liesl tell Dunstan his obsession with Mary Dempster is about?
(a) His inability to connect with his fellow human beings.
(b) His inability to love a woman.
(c) His inability to feel love for anyone.
(d) His inability to love his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. The papers reported Boy Staunton was found in his car in the bottom of what harbor?

2. While Dunstan is in Latin America, what kind of show does he go see?

3. Dunstan and his priest friend travel by train to what European city?

4. What is the relationship between Faustina and Eisengrim?

5. What book does Dunstan agree to write for Liesl?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Dunstan not want to write Boy's memoir when Denyse asks him to?

3. When Dunstan is in the shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, what is he pondering?

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

5. What causes Boy to take a walk by himself during the Christmas season of 1936?

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

7. What is Boy Staunton's association with the Crown Prince?

8. How does Boy Staunton make a fortune during the Depression?

9. When Dunstan tries to remind Boy about the things he has done in his life, including the stone-in-the-snowball incident, Boy responds unpleasantly and accuses Dunstan of what?

10. What are Paul's hopes for the show after Mexico?

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