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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What group insured that only those dogs with the desirable traits were bred?
(a) A Scientific Club.
(b) A Spaniel Club.
(c) A Judges Club.
(d) A Kennel Club.

3. Miss Barrett asked Flush if he believed _________ was alive in Chapter Three: "The Hooded Man."
(a) A piano.
(b) A tuba.
(c) A harp.
(d) A guitar.

4. When Mr. Browning first came to visit, the author writes, "What was horrible to Flush, as they talked, was his______________."
(a) Bitterness.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Jealousy.

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

6. Whom did Miss Barrett ask "He is worth loving, is he not?"
(a) Mr. Kenyon.
(b) Mr. Horne.
(c) Mr. Landor.
(d) Mr. Taylor.

7. From what did Flush drink his water, noting that it was deserving of his high rank?
(a) A golden dish.
(b) A bronze goblet.
(c) A silver bowl.
(d) A purple jar.

8. Who was lying on the sofa by Elizabeth Barrett when Flush was finally summoned from the kitchen after biting Mr. Browning?
(a) Miss Mitford.
(b) Henrietta.
(c) Arabel.
(d) Miss Wilson.

9. 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) Arrogant.
(b) Obtuse.
(c) Vengeful.
(d) Repulsive.

10. What made the biggest impression on Flush when he was taken to Elizabeth Barrett's home in Chapter One: "Three Mile Cross"?
(a) The sounds.
(b) The sights.
(c) The furniture.
(d) The smells.

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

12. Miss Browning wrote that Flush was of what school?
(a) Byronic.
(b) Irony.
(c) Magnanimity.
(d) Ignominy.

13. Miss Barrett's life was the life of ____________, according to the author in Chapter Three: "The Hooded Man."
(a) "A tiger on the savannah."
(b) "A fish in a tank."
(c) "A bird in its cage."
(d) "A monkey in a tree."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter One: "Three Mile Cross," the author writes that one story claims that early on, the land that would become Spain was populated with what?

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

3. Flush was amazed by the smells of London, which were violently contrasted and compounded more than any he had smelled in the fields near ______________.

4. In a letter in Chapter Three, Miss Barrett wrote, "You are Paracelsus, and I am _____________."

5. As time went by, Flush was said to have come to prefer the silence of _________to the robustness of a dog.

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