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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If Elizabeth Barrett didn't pay the ransom for Flush, she would have received a brown parcel containing _________.
(a) Flush's fur and eyes.
(b) Flush's head and paws.
(c) His collar.
(d) A list of further demands.

2. The author writes in Chapter Six: "The End," that the shade of Florence was hotter than the sun of ___________.
(a) Tottenham Court Road.
(b) Oxford Street.
(c) Wimpole Street.
(d) Vere Street.

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

4. Frederick Tennyson was the eldest son of whom?
(a) Joseph Raymond Tennyson.
(b) Jacob Michael Tennyson.
(c) George Clayton Tennyson.
(d) Abraham David Tennyson.

5. What did the giant cockatoo repeatedly say in the place where Flush was taken after being stolen?
(a) "I love you."
(b) "Here, kitty."
(c) "Pretty Poll."
(d) "Wanna cracker?"

6. Who walked about London and observed everything from the poorest to the poshest neighborhoods?
(a) George Clayton Tennyson.
(b) Dr. Pusey.
(c) Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
(d) Mr. Thomas Beames.

7. When was Mrs. Dalloway published?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1949.

8. When did Frederick Tennyson die?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1898.

9. Who traveled on the train with Elizabeth and Flush in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) Mary Graham Clarke.
(b) Miss Mitford.
(c) Miss Wilson.
(d) Miss Isa Blagden.

10. Who had imported American rapping spirits to Knebworth?
(a) Mr. Kenyon.
(b) Mr. Thomas Beames.
(c) Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
(d) Mr. Landor.

11. Where did Flush go after leaving the house when Mrs. Browning was lost in writing and the supernatural?
(a) The woods.
(b) The market.
(c) The church.
(d) The cemetery.

12. 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) Garbage.
(b) More stolen dogs.
(c) Awful food.
(d) Water dishes.

13. The author describes Mrs. Taylor as being ""fat enough to have had an easy _____________."
(a) Diet.
(b) Job.
(c) Conscience.
(d) Life.

14. The Brownings and Flush took a carriage ride that "went on and on and on, painfully climbing the heights of" what, in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) The Osogovo Mountains.
(b) The Bernese Alps.
(c) The Dolomites.
(d) The Apennines.

15. What time did Flush return home after spending the night with the spotted spaniel in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) 6:30 a.m.
(b) 11:00 a.m.
(c) 3:30 a.m.
(d) 9:00 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Virginia Woolf die?

2. When was Between the Acts published?

3. One day on a walk with Mr. Browning, Flush was outraged to hear a neighbor whisper what word in his presence?

4. What was the fifth day of Flush's imprisonment in Chapter 4: "Whitechapel"?

5. To Flush all scenery was what, according to the author in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

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