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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. When speaking to Padre Blazon, who does Dunstan refer to as his devil?
2. Dunstan's priest friend is tolerated by the other Jesuits because he is what?
3. What does Boy tell his fashionable friends that Dunstan is?
4. When Dunstan does not get the job as the new Headmaster, he insists on a paid leave of absence to go where?
5. When Dunstan goes out to eat with his priest friend, he pays the bill in exchange for what?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Before Dunstan leaves to return to Colborne college, what does he convince Paul to do?
3. Why does Padre Blazon suggest that Dunstan put aside his guilt over Mary Dempster?
4. What are Paul's hopes for the show after Mexico?
5. When it becomes evident to Dunstan that Paul does not want him back stage, what does he do?
6. What happens to the young men that Boy takes under his wing in his company as prodigies?
7. What are the two things that Dunstan gets the Board to agree to instead of naming him Headmaster?
8. What causes Boy to take a walk by himself during the Christmas season of 1936?
9. When Dunstan is in the shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, what is he pondering?
10. Why is Denyse's plan of getting Boy appointed Lieutenant-Governor described as a complicated plan?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Using the descriptions of saints that are provided in the book, which saint most resembles Dunstan and why?
Essay Topic 2
Padre Blazon asks Dunstan who his devil is when Dunstan goes and visits him for the last time in Europe. How does Padre Blazon define a "devil," and, using that definition, is Liel really Dunstan's devil, or is it someone else? Why? Please explain your answer with examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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