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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. In "Oxfam", the word "Ivan" is pronounced as what, according to "All Abord Speeching"?
(a) Octilan.
(b) Ovan.
(c) Orvan.
(d) Aivan.

2. Large John asks the Blind Jew where something is in "Treasure Ivan". What does he ask the Blind Jew about?
(a) Dog.
(b) Glasses.
(c) Goddle.
(d) White stick.

3. What college does Lennon refer to in the poem "Liddypool"?
(a) Hellens.
(b) Hendricks.
(c) Hellsy.
(d) Hellworth.

4. What is the Squire's name in "Treasure Ivan"?
(a) Forman.
(b) Trelorgy.
(c) Torfany.
(d) Trilogy.

5. How many Jewish children surround Fatty to sing a hymn at the end of "Scene three Act one"?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "Aint dat Elepoon Pill?" in "On Safairy With Whide Hunter"?

2. The character names in "Scene three Act one" are Fatty and what?

3. In the final lines of "Alec Speaking," Lennon breaks rhyme, meter and nonsense words with the lines: "Onward, my friends to victory and glory / for the _____."

4. In "Scene three Act one," a dog is quietly gnawing on what?

5. What are the men out on in "Scene three Act one"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the topic of "All Abord Speeching." What is this selection satirizing?

2. Describe the plot of the poem "I Wandered." Who is the narrator looking for?

3. Describe the ending of "Scene three Act one." What is bizarre about this scenario?

4. What are the major overriding themes which permeate the book? What subjects reappear?

5. What are the selections "The Fingletoad Resort of Teddiviscious" and "Alec Speaking" about?

6. Explain the plot of "Deaf Ted, Danoota, (and me)."

7. Who enters in "Scene three Act one"? What does this character do?

8. What is the excerpt "A Letter" about?

9. What is the setting described in "Scene three Act one"?

10. What can you say about Lennon's consistency of language in the book? Is there an indication of meaning to it?

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