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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. Flush concluded that "Where there are flower beds there are _____________."
(a) Too many people.
(b) Asphalt paths.
(c) Bugs and worms.
(d) Pieces of garbage.

2. Flush's first owner was offered quite a nice sum for Flush from whom?
(a) Mr. Barrett.
(b) Mr. Taylor.
(c) Dr. Pusey.
(d) Mr. Kenyon.

3. Miss Barrett wrote that Flush loved her more than ___________.
(a) Other dogs.
(b) Steak.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Sunshine.

4. Who is described as a lady with "a very light complexion -- pale, lucid, eyes; thin colorless lips . . . a nose and chin projective without breadth"?
(a) Mary Graham Clarke.
(b) Mrs. Jameson.
(c) Miss Wilson.
(d) Henrietta.

5. At one point Miss Barrett imagined herself a nymph and Flush was _____________.
(a) Romeo.
(b) A centaur.
(c) Pan.
(d) Dionysus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Elizabeth Barrett had one sister who died when Elizabeth was how old?

2. By what nickname was Elizabeth Barrett known to her family?

3. Where was Elizabeth Barrett born?

4. What did Flush do after his first owner deserted him in Miss Barrett's room?

5. What was the name of Elizabeth Barrett's aunt who helped to care for the children after Elizabeth's mother died?

(see the answer key)

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