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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. How does Orpheus Wettenhall die?
(a) He commits suicide.
(b) He doesn't die.
(c) He gets murdered.
(d) He gets run over by a car.

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

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

4. Who asks Dunstan to write the official autobiography of Boy's life?
(a) David.
(b) Denyse.
(c) Leola.
(d) Caroline.

5. What does Boy rely on Dunstan for at parties?
(a) To keep the guests happy.
(b) To keep the dullest guests occupied.
(c) To be the dullest guest.
(d) To speak intelligently about current events.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Liesl was raised in what religion?

5. What does Eisengrim tell Boy that he called him during Eisengrim's days in Deptford?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Before Dunstan leaves to return to Colborne college, what does he convince Paul to do?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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