View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Russian use to kill George?
(a) A knife.
(b) A cannon.
(c) A musket.
(d) A spear.

2. Who entertains the group in the second act of the concert troup's performance?
(a) A clown.
(b) A sword swallower.
(c) A juggler.
(d) A fire-eater.

3. Who does Myrtle wish kept a photograph of her?
(a) George.
(b) Dr. Potter.
(c) Her father.
(d) Pompey.

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

5. What does Potter think the camera is incapable of exposing?
(a) The human heart.
(b) The human brain.
(c) The human sense of fun.
(d) The human evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Potts dream of walking through back in England?

2. How does George make up to Myrtle?

3. How does a French soldier shock Dr. Potter?

4. What subject does Dr. Potter contribute to the dinner conversation?

5. Where has Jones been cut?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does George die?

2. How does Jones help the photographer balance his photograph?

3. Summarize the fourth chapter.

4. Why does Dr. Potter say Myrtle could be taken for a boy?

5. How does George react to Myrtle's sexual advances?

6. How does Myrtle react to Jones' sexual advances?

7. How does Potter ruin the dinner with the captains?

8. Why do the soldiers set up camp above the Tchernaya valley?

9. How does the man with the missing ear die?

10. Why does Jones describe himself as a circus animal?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 701 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample