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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. What do the Bentley's struggle with?
(a) Money.
(b) Crime.
(c) Fame.
(d) Sickness.

2. What happens between the Pomeroy children, despite their mother's objections?
(a) They make up.
(b) They all sell the house.
(c) They argue.
(d) They don't talk to each other.

3. Who has never fired a starter pistol before?
(a) Louise.
(b) Cash.
(c) Cash's sister.
(d) Cash's boss.

4. What is the reason for the family being together at Laud's Head?
(a) Family get-together.
(b) Wedding.
(c) Funeral.
(d) Business.

5. Who does James Clancy talk to about his job and the people he meets there?
(a) His mistress.
(b) Nora.
(c) His family.
(d) His friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arranged the thoughtful gesture from the tenants for James Clancy?

2. What is the name of the story with Irene and Jim Westcott?

3. What is the title of the story about Amy Lawton?

4. What does James Clancy do at his job?

5. Who gets ill and goes to the hospital in "Clancy in the Tower of Babel"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of a housekeeper is Rosemary?

2. How is Baxter described?

3. What is the relationship between the Pomeroy children?

4. How is Clarissa described in "The Chaste Clarissa?"

5. Who are the Crutchmans in "The Worm in the Apple?"

6. Why does Blake fire his secretary in "The Five Forty-Eight?"

7. Why is Ralph trying to get new jobs and promotions?

8. How does Clancy almost get fired?

9. Why does Amy try to run away?

10. Describe Cash's and Louise's marriage.

(see the answer keys)

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