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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Miss Barrett tell Flush after Mr. Browning left on the day that Flush first bit him?
(a) She loved him.
(b) She would never love him again.
(c) She would send him back.
(d) She was marrying Mr. Browning.

3. Who came and beat Flush when he attacked Mr. Browning in the hallway in Chapter Three?
(a) Miss Wilson.
(b) Miss Blagden.
(c) Mrs. Jameson.
(d) Miss Mitford.

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

5. In Chapter Three: "The Hooded Man," Flush considered his situation and thought, "Hatred is not hatred; hatred is also ______________."
(a) Love.
(b) Ambition.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Elizabeth Barrett born?

2. What figure of speech is represented by "... just as a river, though it reflects still trees and grazing cows and rooks returning to the tree-tops, moves inevitably to a waterfall, so those days, Flush knew, were moving to catastrophe"?

3. As a puppy, Flush lived on a farm named ___________.

4. As centuries passed, the Spaniel evolved into how many different branches?

5. What is one of the features considered undesirable in Spaniels, according to the author?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Miss Barrett begin to transform as Mr. Browning continued his visits? How did Flush feel about the change?

2. How does the author describe the changes in Miss Barrett in Chapter Three: "The Hooded Man"?

3. What story relating the origins of the word "Spaniel" discusses the Basque people?

4. How did Flush feel about his master's writing and sadness?

5. What were the desirable breed characteristics of Spaniels?

6. What impressed Flush the most about the Barrett home in Chapter One: "Three Mile Cross"?

7. Where did Flush spend his first bedroom at the Barrett home in Chapter Two: "The Back Bedroom"? What was his first outing in London?

8. How does the author describe Edward Barrett?

9. How does the author describe Flush's second outing in Chapter Two: "The Back Bedroom"? Where did he go?

10. When was Flush born? Who were his parents? Where did he live as a puppy?

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