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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. What are Visitors called in VICTORIAN WEEKEND?
(a) Mistresses and Masters.
(b) Royals.
(c) Nobles.
(d) Lords and Ladies.

2. Who does Tom Frame portray when he is working?
(a) Flying Spear Launcher.
(b) Banker Condemned for Usury.
(c) Monk Decapitated for Evil Thoughts.
(d) Death.

3. Which of the following is one of the other workhouses in Brian's Region?
(a) MEDIEVAL BATTLEFIELD.
(b) ALPINE SKI PATROL.
(c) BENEATH OUR MOTHER THE SEA.
(d) A DAY AT THE LOUVRE.

4. What is served to Brian as his lunch?
(a) Wheat cereal soaked in beer.
(b) Fish heads and melted ice cream.
(c) Broth with a piece of candy bar in it.
(d) Cherries floating in bath water.

5. What impresses Brian about the Feuding Ghouls?
(a) Their spitefulness.
(b) Their costumes.
(c) Their volume.
(d) Their creativity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Brian see Tom Frame mating with?

2. What sound is used to summon a crowd when a crime has been reported?

3. On page 10, what phrase is used to describe statements like Tom's about the Visitors?

4. What is unusual about the elm tree that Brian leans against while he is thinking about what happened to Rolph?

5. How does Amy rationalize her lie about Tom Frame?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Amy use the trust conveyed by her position to protect herself and Brian?

2. How did Rolph and Brian become friends?

3. What is in Tom's note to Brian, and how does Brian react to the note?

4. In what way does Brian participate in Rolph's death, and how does he feel about it?

5. What is the source of Ann and Tom Frame's marital troubles?

6. What indication is there in the text that Brian's interpretation of "friendship" might be different from the reader's?

7. How does Tom Frame end up committing a crime, and how does Brian react?

8. Explain the etiquette that governs how workers react to others "mating" in the Room.

9. Why does Brian tell the reader that they are usually "swamped" with Visitors, and what does this imply about the relationship between narrator and reader?

10. On page 7, what does Brian find when he rushes from the creek over to Bowling to see what the commotion is?

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