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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vince forget to take with him?
(a) His coat
(b) Jack's remains
(c) His wallet
(d) The car keys

2. What month does the story take place in?
(a) April
(b) March
(c) January
(d) November

3. Who holds Jack's remains as they walk to the Cathedral?
(a) Vic
(b) Lenny
(c) Ray
(d) Vince

4. What does Vic want to visit?
(a) A grave
(b) A memorial
(c) His mother's house
(d) His old work place

5. What is the name of Jack's nurse?
(a) Joy Kelly
(b) Eileen Riley
(c) Arleene Davis
(d) Hannah Johns

6. Why is Lenny accustomed to his soreness?
(a) He used to be a wrestler
(b) He used to be a boxer
(c) He used to be a builder
(d) He used to be a judo champion

7. What had Mandy's father called her?
(a) Slutty
(b) Ugly
(c) Naughty
(d) A tart

8. Why does Vic think it is good that Amy did not come?
(a) She wanted to get drunk
(b) She would have cried
(c) She would have complained
(d) She would have spent all their money

9. Where did Ray make up any lost income?
(a) The boxing ring
(b) The football field
(c) The internet
(d) The track

10. What does Lenny joke about seeing?
(a) Canterbury Cathedral
(b) Big Ben
(c) Legoland
(d) Winchester Cathedral

11. Where does Vince tell Ray to sit in the car?
(a) The trunk
(b) The back
(c) The roof
(d) The front

12. Who does Vince hand Jack to?
(a) Vince
(b) Vic
(c) Ray
(d) Lenny

13. What does Jack ask Ray to do?
(a) Look after June
(b) Kill him
(c) Marry Amy
(d) Place a bet

14. What two things make up Ray's life?
(a) Books and magazines
(b) Family and work
(c) Drinking and gambling
(d) Insurance and gambling

15. Which character struggles the most to walk up the hill?
(a) Vince
(b) Ray
(c) Lenny
(d) Vic

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ray's last rule of gambling?

2. What was the name of the horse Ray placed a bet on for Jack?

3. What did Vince say will happen if he does not make a profit from Ray's yard in five years?

4. What does Lenny berate Vince for doing?

5. What town does Vince stop the car in?

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