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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Part 2, Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mabel travel here?
(a) To search for a husband.
(b) To find a job.
(c) To find her parents.
(d) To marry Arthur Tolkien.

2. How does Tolkien talk about the series?
(a) As if it were absurd.
(b) As if it were an embarrassment.
(c) As if it was never written.
(d) As if it is historical fact and not his own creation.

3. How is this conversion received by her family?
(a) Very well.
(b) Not well.
(c) Fairly well.
(d) Well.

4. What does Mabel think of Bloemfontein?
(a) She is afraid of it.
(b) She loves it.
(c) She does not think anything of it.
(d) She is not fond of it.

5. Meanwhile Mabel and the boys would live where?
(a) With her parents.
(b) With friends.
(c) In an inexpensive rental.
(d) With her in-laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mabel feel when Arthur tells his father that he cannot see returning to England on a permanent basis?

2. St. Philip's is not the best school for the boys and eventually Ronald wins a scholarship to where?

3. What has been converted into an office?

4. Tolkien is in the process of working on what?

5. In 1891 Mabel Suffield leaves her family in Birmingham to travel where?

(see the answer key)

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