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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. The gang leader had demanded how many guineas for the Society and half a guinea for himself in exchange for Flush?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

2. According to the author in Chapter 5: "Italy," Miss Wilson still had the conscience to walk out of a picture gallery "struck back by the indecency of" what?
(a) The Mona Lisa.
(b) Michelangelo's David.
(c) The patrons.
(d) The Venus.

3. 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?
(a) The clouds.
(b) The birds.
(c) The lizards.
(d) The setting sun.

4. Flush seemed to understand that it was the policy of the railroad that dogs had to ride __________.
(a) In the caboose.
(b) In boxes.
(c) With their owner.
(d) With the conductor.

5. By what year was Lord Stanhope in possession of a crystal ball?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1849.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1852.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Miss Barrett take Flush after leaving London in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

2. The author writes in Chapter Six: "The End," that the shade of Florence was hotter than the sun of ___________.

3. According to Elizabeth's reasoning, about what price would the dog thief ask for a Cocker Spaniel?

4. What was the profession of the man whom Lily Wilson fell in love with in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

5. When the Brownings took Flush where, "all the splendours of its woods had merely bored him" in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Miss Barrett have to do in order to get Flush back in Chapter Four? What would happen if she refused?

2. How did Flush react when Miss Barrett went into the fountain in Chapter Five?

3. What was Flush's reaction when he was introduced to the Brownings' new baby in Chapter Five?

4. Where did Flush go when he couldn't take Mrs. Barrett's strange behavior anymore? What did he do?

5. Where did Flush spend most of his time in Chapter Six? What awoke Flush suddenly from a dream in this chapter?

6. What did Flush discover about freedom upon moving to Florence?

7. What did Miss Barrett tell Mr. Browning about Flush's kidnapping?

8. How did Mrs. Browning begin to transform in Chapter Six?

9. What romantic freedoms did Flush begin to enjoy in Chapter Five? How did the Brownings react?

10. How had Flush changed in the beginning of Chapter Six: "The End"?

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