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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. According to the author, Miss Barrett was _______, while Flush was young and vibrant.
(a) A hermit.
(b) Obese.
(c) Drab.
(d) An invalid.

2. Who would walk her dogs, along with Flush, in the fields when he was a puppy?
(a) Miss Mitford.
(b) Miss Wilson.
(c) Edward Barrett.
(d) Henrietta.

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

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

5. Elizabeth Barrett had one sister who died when Elizabeth was how old?
(a) 11.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who came and beat Flush when he attacked Mr. Browning in the hallway in Chapter Three?

2. What was Miss Mitford's full name?

3. Of what did Flush ask, "Were these not the signals of freedom?"

4. The carriage that took Miss Barrett and Flush into town drove along what street in Chapter 2: "The Back Bedroom"?

5. 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"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Flush's second attack on Mr. Browning.

3. How does the author describe Edward Barrett?

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

5. What was Flush's first experience like at the Barrett home in Chapter One: "Three Mile Cross"?

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 did Miss Barrett react after Mr. Browning left from his first visit?

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

10. How does the author describe Mr. Barrett's first visit?

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