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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. The papers reported Boy Staunton was found in his car in the bottom of what harbor?
(a) Montreal.
(b) Toronto.
(c) Quebec.
(d) Ontario.

2. Dunstan asks Padre Blazon if he has found God helps him be what?
(a) Old.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Happy.

3. What does Eisengrim tell Boy that he called him during Eisengrim's days in Deptford?
(a) Spoiled Young Ruler.
(b) Spoiled Bully Boy.
(c) Rich Young Ruler.
(d) Rich Bully Boy.

4. What are the police puzzled to find in Boy's mouth?
(a) A lace stocking.
(b) A small stone about the size of an egg.
(c) A bottle of liquor.
(d) A love letter from his mistress.

5. On December 11, 1936, the Crown Prince (now the young King) does what?
(a) Visits the Stauntons.
(b) Abdicates his throne.
(c) Begins another trip around Canada.
(d) Dies in an accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who provides the voice for the thought-sensing trick?

2. What is on the roll of film Boy gives to Dunston to develop?

3. Who is the most colorful priest that Dunstan meets in the Jesuit community?

4. Liesl was raised in what religion?

5. What position is Boy appointed to in the Cabinet?

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. 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?

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

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

6. After Dunstan moves Mrs. Dempster to a private hospital, what is the major error he commits?

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

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

9. When it becomes evident to Dunstan that Paul does not want him back stage, what does he do?

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

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