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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Vern go in Part IV?
(a) To a villa in Italy.
(b) To a football match.
(c) To a farm in Sussex.
(d) To a fancy opera festival.

2. What is the opera Vern sees in Part IV?
(a) Swan Lake.
(b) Madame Butterfly.
(c) Ogden.
(d) The Marriage of Figaro.

3. What does Kath ask Vern for before he leaves the house in Part III?
(a) His wallet.
(b) One hundred pounds.
(c) His checkbook.
(d) The office key.

4. What does Val often make for the visitors to her flat?
(a) Soup.
(b) Rice.
(c) Corned beef sandwiches.
(d) Chocolate pie.

5. Who gets upset by Jo's presence in the studio in Part III?
(a) Ricky's brother.
(b) Ricky's girlfriend.
(c) Ricky's mother.
(d) Ricky's manager.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alec remember Vern's nickname as in school?

2. Who is Alec working for in Part IV, at the end?

3. Whose door does Vern knock on by chance in Part III?

4. What is the name of Vern's failed company in Part III?

5. Which instrument does Jo play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What feeling comes over Vern at the opera festival that he cannot quite place?

2. How does Alec feel about looking after his granddaughter Vicky?

3. Why does Marsha sometimes get nervous when her sister comes to visit the house for family events?

4. How does Marsha change Ben's life?

5. What does Mike do in Part III that horrifies Val and changes the course of her life?

6. What does Alec end up doing after he loses his job as a typesetter?

7. Why do Vern and his wife Kath break up?

8. Why did Pastor Michael dislike Ben when they first met?

9. How does Ben meet Marsha?

10. What does the woman Val helps at her volunteering position tell Val about why she is so upset?

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