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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What carries a dry, cool fragrance that is released into the air?
(a) The rain.
(b) The wheat fields.
(c) The cornfield.
(d) The snow.

2. Why does Mr. Rosicky need ticking?
(a) So his wife can make coats for the children.
(b) So his wife can make blankets for the horses.
(c) So his wife can cover their worn mattresses..
(d) So his wife can make goose-feather pillows.

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

4. In the beginning of "Neighbor Rosicky", to whom is Rosicky talking
(a) Rudolph.
(b) The butcher.
(c) Dr. Burleigh.
(d) His wife.

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

6. What does Mrs. Rosicky have in her apron when she meets Mr. Rosicky?
(a) Corn.
(b) Carrots.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Green beans.

7. How old was Rosicky when he went to Omaha?
(a) Thirty-five.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Thirty-two.

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

9. After Anton's grandfather died whom did he go to live with?
(a) His father's parents.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His father and stepmother.
(d) His uncle.

10. What does Rosicky do in the afternoons at the house?
(a) Carpentering.
(b) Fixing the plumbing.
(c) Cleaning floors.
(d) Baking bread.

11. What is in the soil on Mr. Rosicky's farm?
(a) Large stones.
(b) Bones.
(c) Earthworms.
(d) Clay.

12. Who said, "You must take us as you find us, Doctor Ed"?
(a) Rudolph.
(b) Polly.
(c) Mrs. Rosicky.
(d) Mr. Rosicky.

13. How old is Rosicky?
(a) Sixty-five.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Fifty-five.
(d) Seventy.

14. Why did the loft where Rosicky lived smell good?
(a) Because of the leather that was drying next door.
(b) Because of the sea breeze.
(c) Because of the fine lumber put up there to season.
(d) Because of the lilac bushes in the front of the factory.

15. Where was the young Rosicky when he found out what was "the matter with him"?
(a) At home in the loft.
(b) At the opera.
(c) At work.
(d) Park Place.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mr. Rosicky enters the farm-implement store what does he put on?

2. How did Rosicky learn English?

3. How many years older than Mary is Anton Rosicky?

4. Mr. Rosicky's mustache is what?

5. Mary tells the creamery agent that she would rather put some color into her children's faces than what?

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