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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. Liesl wants to incorporate a thought-reading act into the show called what?
2. When Leola is found in the bathtub, who is her note addressed to?
3. What are the police puzzled to find in Boy's mouth?
4. What is the tour in Mexico supposed to do for the show?
5. Where does Dunstan go the summer after Mary Dempster's death?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Dunstan enjoy writing the autobiography of Magnus Eisengrim?
2. When Dunstan tries to remind Boy about the things he has done in his life, including the stone-in-the-snowball incident, Boy responds unpleasantly and accuses Dunstan of what?
3. What memory has Boy suppressed from their childhood that shocks Dunstan when he learns Boy doesn't remember it?
4. Who does the head, during a magic show, say killed Boy Staunton?
5. Why does Mary Dempster meet Dunstan when he visits her with her coat and jacket on?
6. Why is Denyse's plan of getting Boy appointed Lieutenant-Governor described as a complicated plan?
7. How is Boy's second wife described in the book?
8. Why does Padre Blazon, after hearing about Mary Dempster's life and death from Dunstan, believe she is a hero in God's cause?
9. What does Dunstan think is suspicious about the way Leola died?
10. Why is Leola a failure as a wife in Boy's eyes?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The title of the book is "Fifth Business." What do you think this title is meant to describe? Where in the book is the title mentioned, and why would it be mentioned there? Please support your answer with examples and ideas from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the book, Fate is discussed as a character. Please pick one of the following characters and use examples from the book to describe how Fate works with, or on, that character.
1. Dunstan
2. Paul
3. Percy/Boy
4. Leona
Essay Topic 3
What is the definition of a conscience, and can someone be a conscience for someone else? Does Dunstan act as Boy/Percy Staunton's conscience? Please support your answers with examples from the book.
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