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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Lieutenant Le Fever?
(a) A soldier Toby tries to help.
(b) Toby's commanding officer.
(c) Trim's cousin.
(d) Toby's cousin.

2. In Volume 5, who finds Tristram after he has been injured?
(a) Dr. Slop.
(b) Toby.
(c) Yorick.
(d) Mrs. Shandy.

3. What reaction does Susannah have to Bobby's death?
(a) She continues reading her book.
(b) She goes back to sleep.
(c) She runs into the kitchen weeping.
(d) She comments philosophically.

4. Who does Walter want to have tutor Tristram?
(a) Billy Le Fever.
(b) Himself.
(c) Toby.
(d) Yorick.

5. What concern does Widow Wadham express about Toby Shandy in Volume 8?
(a) His intelligence.
(b) The extent of his groin wound.
(c) His finances.
(d) His conversational abilities.

6. In Volume 5, what does Walter Shandy do while his son's wound is being tended?
(a) Falls asleep.
(b) Rants and raves.
(c) Reads from his book.
(d) Paces the floor.

7. What does Trim inherit from Lieutenant Le Fever?
(a) A coat.
(b) A sword.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A shift.

8. Who has accompanied Tristram to France in the past?
(a) Walter, Toby and Trim.
(b) Walter and Mrs. Shandy.
(c) Trim and Obidiah.
(d) Julia and Trim.

9. Who is Billy Le Fever?
(a) Toby's nephew.
(b) Trim's cousin.
(c) Lieutenant Le Fever's son.
(d) Toby's cousin.

10. What are the "beds of justice"?
(a) The flowerbeds.
(b) Walter's law books.
(c) The couches in the parlor.
(d) Walter's bed.

11. Who is called to tend Tristram's wound in Volume 5?
(a) Dr. Slop.
(b) The midwife.
(c) Yorick.
(d) Mrs. Shandy.

12. Who attempts to tell the story of the King of Bohemia?
(a) Walter.
(b) Yorick.
(c) Toby.
(d) Trim.

13. Why does Tristram relieve himself out the window in Volume 5?
(a) He is too busy playing to go down to the outhouse.
(b) It is raining too hard to go outside.
(c) The toilet is not working.
(d) The chamber pot is missing from under the bed.

14. What reaction does Trim have to Bobby's death?
(a) He delivers a poetical speech.
(b) He goes back to sleep.
(c) He weeps uncontrollably.
(d) He continues reading his book.

15. What does Walter Shandy like to drink?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Water.
(c) Sherry.
(d) Port.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bridget plan to seduce?

2. In Volume 5, why does Mrs. Shandy eavesdrop on her husband?

3. Where does Toby Shandy set up his battle scenes?

4. What does the commissary accidentally damage in Volume 7?

5. What do Dr. Slop and Susannah throw at each other in Volume 6?

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