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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 Dunstan find in a local cathedral in Salzburg?
(a) The statue of the Madonna that looked like his mother.
(b) The statue that saved the lives of his men during the war.
(c) The statue of a long lost saint he wants to write about..
(d) The statue of the Madonna that he saw the night he was injured.

2. The role of Fifth Business is from what art form?
(a) Drama.
(b) Theater.
(c) Opera.
(d) Music.

3. When Dunston arrives home after refusing to kiss Leola and calls the Staunton household, who answers the phone?
(a) No one.
(b) Boy Staunton.
(c) The children's nurse.
(d) Leola Staunton.

4. Dunstan blames Mrs. Dempster's broken spirits on what act of his?
(a) Not bringing her any gifts.
(b) Not visiting her anymore.
(c) Leaving her for so long while he was in Mexico.
(d) Telling her about Paul.

5. What is on the roll of film Boy gives to Dunston to develop?
(a) Pictures of him cheating on Leola.
(b) Sexy pictures of Leola.
(c) Dirty pictures of women other than Leola.
(d) Pictures of him with Leola.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Liesl tell Dunstan his obsession with Mary Dempster is about?

2. Dunstan asks Padre Blazon if he has found God helps him be what?

3. When Boy humiliates Leola at dinner with Dunstan, what story does Dunstan tell Boy?

4. Boy tells Eisengrim that he doesn't remember the Dempsters. What reason does Boy give?

5. When Eisengrim is speaking to Boy, what does Eisengrim say caused him to run away?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Dunstan enjoy writing the autobiography of Magnus Eisengrim?

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

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

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

6. Why is Dunstan deemed unacceptable to be Headmaster at the school by the Board?

7. Why does Mary Dempster meet Dunstan when he visits her with her coat and jacket on?

8. Why, at Leona's funeral, does Dunstan feel ashamed after speaking with Milo Papple?

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

10. What are some of the options that Dunstan thinks of while he is in the shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe for why people believe in miracles and have faith?

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