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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. Where does the narrator see the talented young singer, giving him a chance to speak with her?
(a) Church.
(b) The tea room.
(c) The training facility.
(d) The organ concert.

2. What does the narrator order with his tea when he sits down in the tea room to read old letters?
(a) A bagel.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Cinnamon toast.
(d) A croissant.

3. Who is Miss Megley?
(a) The narrator's wife.
(b) The governess.
(c) The waitress.
(d) The talented young singer.

4. Which famous French artist does the narrator claim to know personally?
(a) Cezanne.
(b) Pablo Picasso.
(c) Monet.
(d) Manet.

5. What does Esme include with a letter in the package to the narrator?
(a) A book of jokes from Charles.
(b) Her father's watch.
(c) A story.
(d) A map.

Short Answer Questions

1. What interesting item does Mrs. Snell always wear, even in summer?

2. What does the narrator's mother-in-law want him to send her?

3. What does Arthur put up with for five years?

4. Where does Arthur want to move?

5. What happens to Charles' father?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the narrator in For Esme -- with Love and Squalor.

2. Why does Sister Irma withdraw from classes at the art school?

3. Why does Arthur call Lee back and pretend Joanie is finally home?

4. What does Arthur do for a living? How does the reader know?

5. How does the story, Down at the Dinghy, end?

6. What happens to the narrator after he leaves the training course?

7. Why is the narrator so taken by Esme?

8. Why is Sandra so worried about Lionel when he runs away in Down at the Dinghy?

9. Why does Arthur want to move to Connecticut?

10. Why does the tea room likely suit the narrator as a place to spend his last few hours in the town rather than the Red Cross recreation room?

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