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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: The Back Bedroom.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Elizabeth Barrett's aunt who helped to care for the children after Elizabeth's mother died?
(a) Miss Isa Blagden.
(b) Mary Graham Clarke.
(c) Sarah Graham Clarke.
(d) Mrs. Jameson.

2. Flush was amazed by the smells of London, which were violently contrasted and compounded more than any he had smelled in the fields near ______________.
(a) Durham.
(b) Marylebone.
(c) Reading.
(d) Shoreditch.

3. When was Elizabeth Barrett born?
(a) 1787.
(b) 1852.
(c) 1834.
(d) 1806.

4. Desirable features that Spaniels were expected to have included which of the following?
(a) Pale eyes.
(b) A top-knot.
(c) Smooth head.
(d) Curled ears.

5. As centuries passed, the Spaniel evolved into how many different branches?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Elizabeth Barrett's mother's name?

2. Who would walk her dogs, along with Flush, in the fields when he was a puppy?

3. According to the author, who landed in Spain and reportedly shouted, "Span! Span!"?

4. Of what did Flush ask, "Were these not the signals of freedom?"

5. What were the names of Miss Barrett's two sisters?

(see the answer key)

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