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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. Liesl wants to incorporate a thought-reading act into the show called what?
(a) The Amazing Great Head.
(b) The Talking Head.
(c) The Brazen Head.
(d) The all-knowing crystal ball.

2. Before being able to write Boy's autobiography, Dunstan suffers from what health issue?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) The flu.
(c) Pnemonia.
(d) A stroke.

3. Who plays the heroine on the Opera stages of Europe?
(a) Basso.
(b) Prima Donna.
(c) Tenor.
(d) Contralto.

4. If Dunstan says anything negative about Boy to Leona, what does Leona do?
(a) Tells Dunstan she already knows.
(b) Starts crying.
(c) Takes her husband's side.
(d) Tells Dunstan to be quiet.

5. Who shows up at Leona's funeral and remarks that it must be hard for Dunstan to lose her a second time?
(a) Michael Popple.
(b) Mary Dempster.
(c) Milo Papple.
(d) Paul Dempster.

Short Answer Questions

1. What school does David go to when he is twelve years old?

2. Dunstan's priest friend is tolerated by the other Jesuits because he is what?

3. Who is the keeper of Mrs. Dempster's ashes?

4. When Dunston arrives home after refusing to kiss Leola and calls the Staunton household, who answers the phone?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dunstan feel that Boy is using him in his entourage?

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

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

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

5. What does Boy do when he is appointed Minister of Food in the Cabinet?

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

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

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

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

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

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