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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who keeps interrupting the story of the King of Bohemia?
(a) Toby.
(b) Walter.
(c) Trim.
(d) Yorick.

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

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

5. Who explains to Toby that he is in love?
(a) Susannah.
(b) Tristram.
(c) Mrs. Shandy.
(d) Walter.

6. What does Walter Shandy decide to write in Volume 5?
(a) A philosophy volume.
(b) An educational book.
(c) A history book.
(d) An autobiography.

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

8. What is Tristram forced to sell in Lyon?
(a) His breeches.
(b) His sword.
(c) His coat.
(d) His carriage.

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

10. With whom does Trim fall in love?
(a) A baker.
(b) A maid.
(c) A nun.
(d) A seamstress.

11. What does the Widow Wadham kick out of her way in Volume 8?
(a) A coal scuttle.
(b) A dog.
(c) A chamberpot.
(d) A corking pin.

12. Who feels guilty about removing the lead from the window?
(a) Yorick.
(b) Trim.
(c) Toby.
(d) Susannah.

13. In Chapter 2 of Volume 8, to what does Tristram equate with love?
(a) Fear.
(b) Cuckoldom.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Wrath.

14. Why does Walter want Tristram to wear breeches?
(a) To appear modest.
(b) To appear more manly.
(c) To hide his deformity.
(d) To imitate his father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Susannah burn in Volume 6?

2. Why does Toby become Billy Le Fever's guardian?

3. Why are the lead weights removed from the window that falls on Tristram?

4. On what day does Trim fall in love?

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

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