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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. What did Leola and Boy name their son who was born nine months after the dinner where Leola was humiliated in front of Dunstan?
2. Dunstan blames Mrs. Dempster's broken spirits on what act of his?
3. Since the former Headmaster died, what has Dunstan been doing?
4. What is the tour in Mexico supposed to do for the show?
5. Who tells David of his mother's death?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How does Boy Staunton make a fortune during the Depression?
3. What does Boy do when he is appointed Minister of Food in the Cabinet?
4. Why does Dunstan not want to write Boy's memoir when Denyse asks him to?
5. Why is Denyse's plan of getting Boy appointed Lieutenant-Governor described as a complicated plan?
6. What are the two things that Dunstan gets the Board to agree to instead of naming him Headmaster?
7. What is unique about the magic show that Dunstan goes to see in Mexico?
8. When Dunstan is in the shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, what is he pondering?
9. What are Paul's hopes for the show after Mexico?
10. After Dunstan moves Mrs. Dempster to a private hospital, what is the major error he commits?
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
Dunstan kept the stone that was in the snowball Percy threw when they were boys. Why did Dunstan keep the stone? Please discuss the themes of consciousness, remembrance, and learning from the past in relation to the loaded snowball event.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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