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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mabel have to be hospitalized?
(a) There is no treatment for Diabetes at this time.
(b) She will need to receive treatment.
(c) There is no one to care for her at home.
(d) She is very contagious.

2. Tolkien replied that he felt the club they had created had come to an end. What is Smith's reply?
(a) The T.C.B.S. would never end.
(b) The N.C.A.A. had ended.
(c) The T.C.B.Y had ended.
(d) The T.C.C.C. would never end.

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

4. As Tolkien was recovering from trench fever, Christopher Wiseman wrote and told his friend that it was time to start what?
(a) Writing short stories.
(b) Writing poetry.
(c) Writing a small book.
(d) Writing the epic.

5. In 1917, Edith gave birth to a baby boy, John Francis Reuel; the name Francis as a tribute to whom?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Tolkien's grandfather.
(d) Father Francis Morgan.

6. Carpenter believes that Tolkien may have substituted his mother with what?
(a) His love for Edith.
(b) His friends.
(c) His faith in the Catholic Church.
(d) His writing.

7. Why is the trip to England postponed?
(a) Arthur loses his job.
(b) There is a horrible storm.
(c) Mabel becomes pregnant.
(d) Mabel becomes ill.

8. Did Father Francis accept the news of the engagement?
(a) Yes, he was fairly thrilled.
(b) Yes, but he was not thrilled.
(c) Yes, he was very excited.
(d) No.

9. Mabel notices that Ronald is a bright student who is interested in what?
(a) Art.
(b) Languages.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Science.

10. What was the sole purpose of this club?
(a) To eat Swedish food.
(b) To learn a foreign language.
(c) To drink massive quantities of beer, read sagas, and sing.
(d) To read Scandinavian literature.

11. Tolkien began to pay the most attention to what as opposed to the story itself?
(a) The time period.
(b) The people.
(c) The language.
(d) The landscape.

12. One notable aspect of the photos is what?
(a) The way Ronald Tolkien preferred to dress.
(b) The way Ronald Tolkien posed.
(c) The way Ronald Tolkien cut his hair.
(d) The way Ronald Tolkien interacted with his family.

13. When did Father Francis permit Tolkien to write to Edith?
(a) On her birthday.
(b) On Easter.
(c) On Christmas.
(d) On his birthday.

14. In 1929 Edith gave birth to their fourth and final child, ___________.
(a) Priscilla Mary Reuel.
(b) Penny Megan Reuel.
(c) Patricia Morgan Reuel.
(d) Penelope Maria Reuel.

15. Tolkien had decided that in order to create a new language he would also have to create what?
(a) A history around it.
(b) A new alphabet.
(c) A new country.
(d) A new planet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Part one relays details of what?

2. In 1924, Edith gave birth to a third son, Christopher Reuel, named after whom?

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

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

5. While in service Tolkien received a letter from his friend, G. B. Smith, stating that who had been killed?

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