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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the lead weights removed from the window that falls on Tristram?
(a) To prevent Tristram from cutting his fingers.
(b) Lead is toxic to children.
(c) To make a fork.
(d) To make part of Toby's fortification.

2. From where does Lieutenant Le Fever come?
(a) Spain.
(b) Ireland.
(c) France.
(d) Wales.

3. What is in Dover?
(a) A battle.
(b) Julia.
(c) A port.
(d) Cliffs to scale.

4. What new hobby does Toby Shandy pursue in Volume 6?
(a) Writing.
(b) Chess.
(c) The Widow Wadham.
(d) Shot put.

5. On what day does Trim fall in love?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Sunday.

6. For what item is Tristram forced to pay in Lyon?
(a) A notebook.
(b) A suitcase.
(c) A new shoe.
(d) Another carriage.

7. Who is buried in the tomb of the two lovers?
(a) Cleopatra and Mark Antony.
(b) Edward VIII and Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson.
(c) Amandus and Amanda.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

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

9. Which city does Tristram describe as nasty and foul-smelling?
(a) Calais.
(b) Dover.
(c) Paris.
(d) Lyon.

10. Where does Lieutenant Le Fever die?
(a) On the bowling green.
(b) In the village inn.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) On the battlefield.

11. Who plans on spying on Toby through a keyhole?
(a) Bridget.
(b) Tristram.
(c) Mrs. Shandy.
(d) Trim.

12. How does Tristram travel through the southern region of France?
(a) By train.
(b) By stagecoach.
(c) By mule.
(d) On foot.

13. Which commandment does Yorick ask Trim to repeat?
(a) The fifth.
(b) The first.
(c) The third.
(d) The tenth.

14. Who is present when Tristram is injured in Volume 5?
(a) Toby.
(b) Yorick.
(c) Susannah.
(d) Trim.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual friend does Tristram make in Lyon?

2. What does Tristram write about Calais?

3. Why does Walter want Tristram to wear breeches?

4. In Volume 8, why does Walter write Toby a letter?

5. Who is Billy Le Fever?

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