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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who presents Dunny with his military award?

2. Which church does Dunstan visit on his way out of town after his parents' funeral?

3. Who is Percy caught in a sexual act with?

4. What subject does Dunny study in the library?

5. What book does Dunny read often to Paul in order to have Paul watch him perform tricks?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dunstan feel he can never love Diana?

2. Why does Dunstan kiss Leola during the celebration of war heroes in the village?

3. Why does Dunstan become a teacher?

4. Why do the Dempster's always take their stroll around town during the dinner hour?

5. At the beginning of the story, what happens when the narrator leaves Percy to go home for dinner?

6. Boy gives stock tips to Dunstan that help him increase his wealth, but also cause Dunstan to feel what emotions towards Boy?

7. What does Dunstan, the narrator, tell the Headmaster of the school that he recently retired from, is the point of this book?

8. While in Europe searching for the statue he saw on the battlefield, what does Dunstan find that becomes a life-long study?

9. Why does Dunny develop the habit of keeping secrets?

10. What does Dunstable do when he finds the German snipers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book, how has Dunstan's personality and character changed throughout the story? When he was a child, how did he deal with his problems? How does he deal with them as an adult? What was important to him as a child, and what is important to him now? Why did Dunstan's character change?

Essay Topic 2

Percy and Dunstan are two characters with a relationship throughout the book. How does their relationship benefit each of them when they are children? When they are in university? When they are adults? What kind of relationship does theirs resemble and why? Are they like competitors, or are they more like siblings? Please support your answer with examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 1, Percy Staunton is referred to as the narrator's "lifelong friend and enemy." Using examples from the book, which would you say Percy was to the narrator - a friend or an enemy?

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