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

2. What is the most disagreeable feeling that Rosicky knows?
(a) Embarrassment.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Guilt.

3. Who is described as "a tree that has not many roots"?
(a) Mrs. Rosicky.
(b) John Rosicky.
(c) Mr. Rosicky.
(d) The doctor.

4. What does Rosicky have that is long and brown?
(a) A cigar.
(b) Hair.
(c) A mustache.
(d) A rake.

5. When the doctor says, "Oh, yes! They're coming. Maybe they'd come faster if I married," what is he talking about?
(a) His parents.
(b) His grey hairs.
(c) His patients.
(d) His relatives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of plants does Mary have that bloom in the winter?

2. What color are the grapes on the Rosickys' table?

3. Rosicky complains that though he is getting to be an old man he's not what yet?

4. Rosicky claims he was short of breath doing what last summer?

5. What is the color of the stripes that the ticking has that Mr. Rosicky buys?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the winter turn out badly for the farmers?

2. Why has life gone well between Anton and Mary Rosicky?

3. What kind of work does the doctor limit Rosicky to?

4. What are the two years of his youth that Rosicky doesn't like to remember?

5. Why is Rosicky so fond of his boys?

6. Why did Polly marry Rudolph and how did they know each other?

7. Describe Polly's appearance when Rosicky brings the car to her and Rudolph's house.

8. When Mary leaves to go to town to see Doctor Ed, what does she have her boys do?

9. What did Rosicky's boys like to do on Saturday nights?

10. What is the "Father's Corner"?

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