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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was taking a toll on Edith?
(a) The weather.
(b) The fanmail.
(c) The strain of keeping up the house.
(d) Her children.

2. Why is the baby named John?
(a) After his grandfather.
(b) After his uncle.
(c) After a friend of the family.
(d) After his father.

3. In November, Mabel falls into what and dies?
(a) A deep sleep.
(b) A Diabetic coma.
(c) A strong fever.
(d) A hole.

4. What is one of the many strange disturbances in the house at Bloemfontein?
(a) Monkeys climbing over the wall.
(b) New hired help is brought in daily.
(c) The home is silent.
(d) Earthquakes occur.

5. Ronald received medical care, but never got any better. What happened next?
(a) He was released back to battle.
(b) He was sent to a hospital in the United States.
(c) He was sent home to England.
(d) He stayed in a hospital in Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. The family settles into their new home and Tolkien embraced his duties as what?

2. At the Oratory, who does Mabel Tolkien meet?

3. Several years of delays and mishaps occurred until in ________ when Tolkien gave up on Collins and went back to Allen and Unwin.

4. It was also important that the work did not become what?

5. There were many requests for Tolkien to be a professor __________.

(see the answer key)

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