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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 Orpheus Wettenhall?
(a) Miss Shanklin's lover.
(b) Miss Shanklin's husband.
(c) Miss Shanklin's housekeeper.
(d) Miss Shanklin's lawyer.

2. When Boy was at Eisengrim's show, what was he carrying in his pocket?
(a) A letter from his mistress.
(b) A letter from his son.
(c) His wallet with a lot of money in it.
(d) The letter appointing him to be Lieutenant-Governor.

3. What is the name of the woman Boy Staunton marries after the death of his first wife?
(a) Dolly Halibut.
(b) Dora Hancock.
(c) Darla Harris.
(d) Denyse Hornick .

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

5. The Board of the school where Dunstan is teaching wants its new Headmaster to be what?
(a) Married.
(b) Old.
(c) A Catholic.
(d) A priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shows up at Leona's funeral and remarks that it must be hard for Dunstan to lose her a second time?

2. What is the name of the daughter of Boy Staunton's second wife?

3. Liesl suggests that Eisengrim set up an automatic payment at the bank to do what?

4. Who is Magnus Eisengrim?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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