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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. As a puppy, Flush lived on a farm named ___________.
(a) Windmere Estate.
(b) Rutherford Ranch.
(c) Enchanted Knoll.
(d) Three Mile Cross.

2. At what time did Mr. Browning leap up to depart on his first visit with Miss Barrett in Chapter Three?
(a) 1:45.
(b) 6:15.
(c) 4:30.
(d) 2:20.

3. As centuries passed, the Spaniel evolved into how many different branches?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. 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"?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Simile.
(d) Symbolism.

5. The date of Flush's birth was estimated to be early in what year?
(a) 1842.
(b) 1815.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1867.

Short Answer Questions

1. What verb means to argue or reason with, especially in order to dissuade from an action or intention?

2. In Chapter Three, the author writes that Mr. Browning's _________ was "perhaps the sharpest thorn that pressed into Flush's side"?

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

4. What was Elizabeth Barrett's address when Flush was taken to her in Chapter One: "Three Mile Cross"?

5. What day of the week was it when Mr. Browning first visited Miss Barrett in Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Flush's sensitivity serve him at the Barrett home?

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

3. How are the Carhaginians involved in one story about the origin of the word "Spaniels"?

4. What are examples of Flush's high-strung demeanor after living in the Barrett home?

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

6. What happened when Flush first bit Mr. Browning?

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

8. What were the desirable breed characteristics of Spaniels?

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

10. How old was Flush when Miss Barrett received her first letter from Mr. Browning? What happened as the time passed?

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