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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the color of the stripes that the ticking has that Mr. Rosicky buys?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Orange.
(d) Blue.

2. Where in New York did Rosicky land?
(a) Garden View.
(b) Park Place.
(c) Castle Garden.
(d) Central Plaza.

3. What is the name of Mr. Rosicky's youngest son?
(a) Matthew.
(b) John.
(c) Luke.
(d) Mark.

4. What is the name of the girl that waits on Mr. Rosicky?
(a) Miss Pearl.
(b) Miss Ruby.
(c) Miss Lily.
(d) Miss Rose.

5. What has the doctor never been able to separate a Bohemian from?
(a) Their farm.
(b) Their family.
(c) Their coffee or pipe.
(d) Their crops and animals.

6. What shape are Rosicky's eyes?
(a) Oval.
(b) Circular.
(c) Trapezoidal.
(d) Triangular.

7. What do the boys do if Rosicky goes to throw hay down from the loft?
(a) They yell for their mother.
(b) They take the fork from him.
(c) They physically carry Rosicky down from the loft.
(d) They yell at their father to stop.

8. What kind of hedge was at the back of Trinity churchyard?
(a) Rose.
(b) Lilac.
(c) Box.
(d) Wisteria.

9. Mr. Rosicky asks Mary not to yell at him like what?
(a) "A cat on de fence".
(b) "A horse on de run".
(c) "A boy in de mud".
(d) "A hog in de garden".

10. How many years does Dr. Burleigh think Rosicky's heart is good for?
(a) Five or six years.
(b) Two or three years.
(c) Six or seven years.
(d) Nine or ten years.

11. How did Rosicky learn English?
(a) From the newspaper.
(b) From a kindly neigbor.
(c) From plays and poetry.
(d) At night school.

12. What does Mr. Rosicky's back look like?
(a) A straight wooden plank.
(b) A shell on an old turtle.
(c) A curved stone.
(d) A cat's arched back.

13. How old was Rosicky when he landed in New York?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty.

14. What type of plants does Mary have that bloom in the winter?
(a) Geraniums.
(b) Roses.
(c) Tulips.
(d) Lilies.

15. Rosicky claims he was short of breath doing what last summer?
(a) Shearing sheep.
(b) Pitching hay.
(c) Shelling corn.
(d) Birthing a cow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mary and Anton speak to each other besides English?

2. The Rosickys' kitchen was full of the smell of what?

3. How does Rosicky get to the doctor's office?

4. Where had Rosicky's father and grandfather worked?

5. What is the name of Rosicky's oldest son's wife?

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