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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color gloves did Mr. Browning always wear?
(a) White.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

2. How many brothers did Miss Barrett have?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

4. What is an alcoholic herbal preparation containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight?
(a) Brennivin.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Laudanum.
(d) Absinthe.

5. What refers to a twill fabric constructed of a silk or rayon warp and worsted filling, often dyed black for mourning wear?
(a) Bombazine.
(b) Flannel.
(c) Burlap.
(d) Kevlar.

6. What is one of the features considered undesirable in Spaniels, according to the author?
(a) A dark nose.
(b) Dark eyes.
(c) A top-knot.
(d) Uncurled ears.

7. Elizabeth Barrett had one sister who died when Elizabeth was how old?
(a) 11.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

8. What word, meaning not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect, did Flash consider Mr. Barrett to be in Chapter Three: "The Hooded Man"?
(a) Obtuse.
(b) Repulsive.
(c) Vengeful.
(d) Arrogant.

9. After Flush was bitten by the Cuban Bloodhound, Miss Barrett remarked that Flush was no __________.
(a) Hero.
(b) Menace.
(c) Fighter.
(d) Acrobat.

10. When did Elizabeth Barrett die?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1878.

11. At what time did Mr. Browning leap up to depart on his first visit with Miss Barrett in Chapter Three?
(a) 4:30.
(b) 6:15.
(c) 2:20.
(d) 1:45.

12. Flush discovered that the dogs of London were strictly divided into ____________.
(a) Different sizes.
(b) Different sexes.
(c) Different classes.
(d) Smart and dumb.

13. Who is described as a "stout, well-groomed elderly gentleman, radiating benevolence" in Chapter 2?
(a) Mr. Boyd.
(b) Mr. Barrett.
(c) Mr. Taylor.
(d) Mr. Kenyon.

14. At what age did Elizabeth Barrett begin to battle a lifelong illness?
(a) 15.
(b) 24.
(c) 19.
(d) 33.

15. Who would walk her dogs, along with Flush, in the fields when he was a puppy?
(a) Miss Mitford.
(b) Henrietta.
(c) Edward Barrett.
(d) Miss Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miss Barrett asked Flush if he believed _________ was alive in Chapter Three: "The Hooded Man."

2. What was the date when Flush first decided to oust Mr. Browning by biting him on the leg?

3. When was Elizabeth Barrett born?

4. Miss Barrett wrote that Flush loved her more than ___________.

5. When Mr. Browning first came to visit, the author writes, "What was horrible to Flush, as they talked, was his______________."

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