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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Jones and Potter think will ensure their survival?
(a) Strength and love.
(b) Courage and belief.
(c) Will power and concentration.
(d) God and fate.

2. What does Jones soak the cloth in before he holds it over the twelve-year-old's face?
(a) Water.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Ether.
(d) Coffee.

3. What kind of ceremony does Pompey photograph?
(a) A funeral.
(b) A wedding.
(c) A christening.
(d) A religious sermon.

4. What kind of children is Myrtle looking after?
(a) Officer's children.
(b) Orphaned children.
(c) Ill children.
(d) Abused children.

5. What part of her body has Myrtle hurt?
(a) Her hand.
(b) Her foot.
(c) Her leg.
(d) Her head.

6. Where does Myrtle run to after she sees George with Pompey?
(a) The lake.
(b) The beach.
(c) The cave.
(d) The river.

7. Who does Potter dream about at dinner?
(a) Mrs. Hardy.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Myrtle.
(d) Annie.

8. What fruit does Potter say saved his and Myrtle's life?
(a) A pear.
(b) An orange.
(c) A banana.
(d) An apple.

9. What does Pompey Jones tell Myrtle that he knows about?
(a) Myrtle's schooling.
(b) George's dark secrets.
(c) George's children.
(d) Myrtle's real parents.

10. Who does Dr. Potts say George should never have confided in?
(a) Himself.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Myrtle.
(d) Mrs. Yardley.

11. Who does Potter talk about in the hospital tent?
(a) Annie.
(b) George.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Mr. Hardy.

12. Who does Jones keep a photograph of?
(a) Myrtle.
(b) George.
(c) Annie.
(d) Beatrice.

13. What does Dr. Potter have to pick off his leg of mutton?
(a) Flies.
(b) Maggots.
(c) Hair.
(d) Mud.

14. Where do the Tartars try to sell?
(a) Water and cows.
(b) Oranges and apples.
(c) Beer and goats.
(d) Sheep and wine.

15. What is the name of George's superior?
(a) Dr. Viion.
(b) Dr. Hall.
(c) Dr. Regal.
(d) Dr. Lotts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does the twelve-year-old boy play?

2. Why does Pompey say he gave back the lady's duck?

3. What kind of flowers does Dr. Potter imagine Beatrice is showing him?

4. What were the trumpeter's last words?

5. What is the name of the ballad that has a profound effect on George?

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