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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Alec's new job in Part I?
(a) At the Cotswolds.
(b) At the Republican.
(c) At the Gazette.
(d) At the Herald.

2. Which of the five main children in Part I is known for being cheeky?
(a) Ben.
(b) Jo.
(c) Alec.
(d) Val.

3. What poster does Ben think initially starts his mental obsession with cannibalism?
(a) The poster advertising ham at the butcher's.
(b) The poster for the choir performance in Durham.
(c) The poster at the surgeon's office.
(d) The poster for the movie called Survive!

4. Which of the following does Val dislike about her weekend away with a new boyfriend?
(a) The fact that they are going to a lake and she can not swim.
(b) His sideburns.
(c) The location of the cabin in the woods.
(d) The scooter he drives.

5. Who runs the meeting Alec attends in the end of Part II?
(a) Terry Fitzneil.
(b) Mick Henley.
(c) Vern Rillian.
(d) Marshall Rocker.

6. Who physically intervenes to save Ben from a possible beating in Part II?
(a) James.
(b) Trevor.
(c) Henry.
(d) Alec.

7. How is the person who refuses to pay Ben for his fare dressed in Part II?
(a) Like Mick Jaggar.
(b) As a Neo-Nazi.
(c) As a general.
(d) Like a bus conductor.

8. Who does Alec appeal to for a new job in Part I?
(a) Mr. Richardson.
(b) Mr. Enders.
(c) Mr. Burnham.
(d) Mr. Smythe.

9. What does Vern hum to himself after closing the deal with McLeish?
(a) Madame Butterfly.
(b) Rignoletti.
(c) Tosca.
(d) The Marriage of Figaro.

10. What does Jo know that the young men around her in the wings think of blues music as?
(a) Men's music.
(b) Spanish music.
(c) American music.
(d) British music.

11. When does the bombing that kills the five children, and many more people, happen in the start of this novel?
(a) January 1942.
(b) May 1941.
(c) November 1944.
(d) September 1939.

12. What drug affects Ben's minds and moods most severely?
(a) Pastil.
(b) Largactil.
(c) Prozac.
(d) Hexaphron.

13. What nickname does Jo give one of the young men in the wings in Part II?
(a) Gig.
(b) Frogface.
(c) Swifty.
(d) Horselips.

14. What does Ben's favorite nurse give out to the patients?
(a) Extra drugs.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Jumpers his wife knitted.
(d) Candy.

15. What does Alec tell the man he meets in Part I that he really needs a new job?
(a) His father is dying.
(b) He is deeply in debt to creditors.
(c) He has a wife and young child.
(d) He needs money for his own doctor's bills.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who can see colors when she hears music?

2. How does Ben think his "bad times" usually come on?

3. What phrase keeps repeating in Ben's head to his distress in Part II?

4. What cause is Alec heavily involved in in Part II?

5. Who tries to deter the person who refuses to pay Ben for his fare on the bus in Part II from fighting Ben?

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