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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What phrase did Flush hear Elizabeth Barrett Browning say fifty times a day in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) "Robert, my husband."
(b) "My word."
(c) "Heaven help us."
(d) "Goodness gracious."

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

4. With whom had Elizabeth Barrett gone shopping when Flush was stolen?
(a) Mrs. Jameson.
(b) Mary Graham Clarke.
(c) Miss Wilson.
(d) Arabel.

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

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

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

8. How did Virginia Woolf die?
(a) She hung herself.
(b) She was in a car accident.
(c) She drowned herself.
(d) She died in a fire.

9. After Flush was stolen, he was thrown into ____________ with other stolen dogs.
(a) A barn.
(b) A garage.
(c) A cellar.
(d) An outhouse.

10. Where did Miss Barrett tell the cab driver to take her and Miss Wilson?
(a) Vere Street, London.
(b) Manning Street, Shoreditch.
(c) Oxford Street, London.
(d) Oxford Street, Shoreditch.

11. What was the name of Virginia Woolf's mother?
(a) Julia Prinsep Stephen.
(b) Valerie Michelle Stephen.
(c) Mary Elizabeth Stephen.
(d) Rebecca Marie Stephen.

12. The author writes in Chapter 5: "Italy," that "there was a flowering branch of _____ on the dinner-table instead of one denuded, sour, yellow fruit."
(a) Grapes.
(b) Cherries.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Pears.

13. Mr. Browning wrote that if Miss Barrett gave way to Taylor, she was giving way to _________.
(a) Thievery.
(b) Tenacity.
(c) Tyranny.
(d) Terrorism.

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

15. What disease was rampant in London?
(a) Typhus.
(b) Leprocy.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Bubonic plague.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lily Wilson fell passionately in love with whom in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

2. What kind woman would pause and take a sugared biscuit from her reticule when passing Flush?

3. What year was it when Flush was stolen?

4. 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"?

5. In describing the change that Elizabeth underwent in Chapter 5: "Italy," the author writes that when she "was tired she did not hail another cab; she sat on a stone and watched" what?

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