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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What appears just before Number 44 appears in his original image?
(a) A bolt of lightning.
(b) A deep darkness.
(c) A stream of fire.
(d) A flash of light.

2. Why does Number 44 say he feels the way he does about his curse?
(a) He has seen people die in that way before.
(b) Curses are not real.
(c) At home, things like that don't worry him.
(d) Balthasar has no real power.

3. What does the silver cup Number 44 brought for August say on it?
(a) Pulitzer Prize.
(b) The President's Service.
(c) Stanley Cup.
(d) World Cup.

4. What does Number 44 turn a maid into?
(a) A cat.
(b) A bird.
(c) A dog.
(d) A snake.

5. What realm does August say he is in when he is with Number 44?
(a) Discovery.
(b) Education.
(c) Alternation.
(d) Complexity.

6. Who does August's duplicate think can free him from his fleshly prison?
(a) Balthasar.
(b) Father Adolf.
(c) Number 44.
(d) August.

7. What does August do with the silver cup given to him by Number 44?
(a) Uses it at meal times.
(b) Sells it.
(c) Hides it.
(d) Melts it down.

8. Why does Emil not want to marry Marget?
(a) She deserves better.
(b) He is not human.
(c) He does not love her.
(d) She is a trivial person.

9. When does the person August loves fall in love with him?
(a) When he speaks to her.
(b) When she is dreaming.
(c) When he is with him.
(d) When he is invisible.

10. What does Number 44 say he will be when he disappears?
(a) A feeling.
(b) A dream.
(c) A thought.
(d) A memory.

11. How does August describe the sight of Emil's skeleton?
(a) Scary and real.
(b) Transluscent and eery.
(c) Neat and trim.
(d) Garish and white.

12. How does the person August loves treat him?
(a) She coddles him.
(b) She treats him like a little boy.
(c) She ignores him.
(d) He teaches him.

13. What is Number 44 dressed as when he appears to Emil and August?
(a) The magician.
(b) The African-American slave.
(c) A king.
(d) A court jester.

14. What form does August choose to follow Number 44 in when he goes to meet the people?
(a) His duplicate self.
(b) His invisible self.
(c) His dream self.
(d) His original self.

15. How does Adolf try to punish the duplicates?
(a) Burn them.
(b) Behead them.
(c) Imprison them.
(d) Toture them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does August do while the people recover from the affects of Number 44's magic?

2. What is the name of Marget's dream self?

3. What song does the visitor to August's dark room sing for him?

4. What does Number 44 say he wants to do when the people come looking for him?

5. Who is Marget's dream self in love with?

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