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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 is the tour in Mexico supposed to do for the show?

2. Wettenhall lost all his money in what event?

3. The role of Fifth Business is from what art form?

4. What is the name of the woman Boy Staunton marries after the death of his first wife?

5. The papers reported Boy Staunton was found in his car in the bottom of what harbor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Padre Blazon suggest that Dunstan put aside his guilt over Mary Dempster?

3. Why does Dunstan not want to write Boy's memoir when Denyse asks him to?

4. What happens to the young men that Boy takes under his wing in his company as prodigies?

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

6. After Dunstan moves Mrs. Dempster to a private hospital, what is the major error he commits?

7. 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?

8. Before Dunstan leaves to return to Colborne college, what does he convince Paul to do?

9. What memory has Boy suppressed from their childhood that shocks Dunstan when he learns Boy doesn't remember it?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Using examples from the book, what misperceptions did the villagers of Deptford have about Mrs. Dempster that caused them to label her a fool? What ideas and actions did the villagers value that Mrs. Dempster appeared not to value? Why did Mrs. Dempster hold different values?

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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