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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the girl in the boarding house do when her uncle tells her to come home?
(a) She marries the man.
(b) She obeys.
(c) She runs away.
(d) She kills herself.

2. Who does Philip say is the only person who could have changed his mind about leaving school?
(a) Perkins.
(b) Louisa.
(c) Gertrude.
(d) Mary Ann.

3. How does Philip feel when he reads letters from Emily?
(a) Uncomfortable.
(b) Comforted.
(c) Loved.
(d) Happy.

4. Where is Weeks from?
(a) Italy.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Canada.
(d) America.

5. Why is the young woman living at the boarding house with Philip?
(a) Her father got her a job there.
(b) She is learning German.
(c) Her father sent her away.
(d) She was disowned.

6. What does William hope Philip will study in school?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Medicine.
(d) The clergy.

7. How long does Philip have to decide if he does not want to complete his apprenticeship?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 18 months.

8. How many services does the vicar prepare for Sundays?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

9. What does Philip do daily with the rich Englishman?
(a) Read the Bible with him.
(b) Eats with him.
(c) Dictates letters for him.
(d) Walk with him.

10. What is the name of Louisa's maid?
(a) Marsha.
(b) Mary Ann.
(c) Marcia.
(d) Maria.

11. Where does Philip move after he quits school?
(a) Italy.
(b) America.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

12. How long has Philip been at the boarding house when a rich Englishman moves in?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 3 months.

13. Why is Philip crying when Louisa finds him in the kitchen?
(a) He misses his mother.
(b) He is bored.
(c) He cannot memorize a sermon.
(d) He is afraid of his uncle.

14. What does Philip pray for every night for a week?
(a) That his foot will be healed.
(b) That he will make a friend.
(c) That his father will be found.
(d) That his mind will be opened.

15. Why does Philip not know how to respond when he gets a good friend in the older group?
(a) He has never had a friend before.
(b) He has never been friends with a girl before.
(c) He feels like the friendship is a sham.
(d) His uncle taught him wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Hayward from?

2. What does a storeowner have to do to get Louisa to shop there?

3. How does Philip feel when he is encouraged to make friends with the rich Englishman?

4. What deformity does Philip have?

5. What is Philip's mother dying of at the beginning of the book?

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