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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the spirits of the crystal balls begin inhabiting in Chapter 6?
(a) Horse stables.
(b) Music boxes.
(c) Church entrances.
(d) Table legs.

2. In the summer, what was Flush beset by that made him edgy and despondent?
(a) Dementia.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Ticks.
(d) Fleas.

3. Flush seemed to understand that it was the policy of the railroad that dogs had to ride __________.
(a) With the conductor.
(b) In the caboose.
(c) In boxes.
(d) With their owner.

4. Upon Flush's first inspection of the dogs in Italy, he wondered if what had no jurisdiction in Italy?
(a) The Kennel Club.
(b) The Royal Navy.
(c) Scotland Yard.
(d) MI6.

5. When was Virginia Woolf's Orlando published?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1944.

6. Each time the door opened while Flush was held in captivity by thieves, he looked up hoping to see Miss Barrett; but, it was always some horrid humans bringing in _________________.
(a) Awful food.
(b) More stolen dogs.
(c) Garbage.
(d) Water dishes.

7. The author writes in Chapter 5: "Italy," "There was an element, it must be admitted, of the" what in Flush?
(a) Coward.
(b) Snob.
(c) Hunter.
(d) Hero.

8. In the spring of 1847 the Brownings and Flush moved where?
(a) Pisa.
(b) Florence.
(c) Siena.
(d) Vallombrosa.

9. The gang leader had demanded how many guineas for the Society and half a guinea for himself in exchange for Flush?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 10.

10. When was Virginia Woolf born?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1864.

11. What year was it when Flush was stolen?
(a) 1853.
(b) 1851.
(c) 1846.
(d) 1839.

12. What was Elizabeth Barrett Browning's last work, which was published posthumously?
(a) Aurora Leigh.
(b) Two Poems: "A Plea for the Ragged Schools of London" and "The Twins".
(c) A Musical Instrument.
(d) Last Poems.

13. Who sent word that in his opinion it would be "an awful sin" to pay the ransom?
(a) Mr. Taylor.
(b) Mr. Boyd.
(c) Mr. Beames.
(d) Mr. Kenyon.

14. Who did Elizabeth Barrett Browning discover had died when she returned to Rome in 1860?
(a) Henrietta.
(b) Mary
(c) Arabel.
(d) Sarah.

15. When was Poems Before Congress written?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1865.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Elizabeth Barrett Browning move after Florence?

2. After Flush was stolen, he was thrown into ____________ with other stolen dogs.

3. Frederick Tennyson was the eldest son of whom?

4. The parade that passed the Brownings house in Chapter 5: "Italy" was in celebration of whom?

5. Whom did Flush dream of saying "Bad dog! Bad dog!"

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