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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Part 1, Section 7, how many weeks have passed since Fred's bicycle accident?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) One week.
(c) Nine weeks.
(d) Three weeks.

2. Who rescues Pope Benedict's head from a ditch?
(a) A loyal servant.
(b) A pious peasant.
(c) The Benedictine nuns.
(d) A French soldier.

3. To whom is Fred penning a letter to in Part 1, Section 6?
(a) Miss Holcombe.
(b) The Provost.
(c) Miss Saunders.
(d) His father.

4. Who was Fred's tutor for advanced practical physics?
(a) Professor Wilson.
(b) Professor Cavendish.
(c) Professor Rutherford.
(d) Professor Flowerdew.

5. In what year does the story begin?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1912.

6. In Part 1, Section 1, which city is home to "logic and reason?"
(a) Surrey.
(b) New York.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) London.

7. What kind of family does Fred come from?
(a) A royal family.
(b) A Scottish clan.
(c) A Rectory family.
(d) A wealthy family.

8. What does Mrs. Saunders inherit that changes Daisy's childhood?
(a) The end of a house lease.
(b) A large fortune.
(c) A house.
(d) A diamond ring.

9. What is the meaning of "Estoy in mis trece?"
(a) "Peace to you."
(b) "I have not changed my mind."
(c) "Safe in my trust."
(d) "On wings of peace."

10. Who writes Fred a "truncated" note that rattles on about Fred's position at the college?
(a) Beazeley.
(b) Thorne.
(c) Skippey.
(d) Holcombe.

11. Who greets Fred at the Rectory?
(a) A parishioner.
(b) Julia.
(c) Fred's mother.
(d) Mr. Fairly.

12. Who looks after Fred while he is in recovery?
(a) His parents.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Wrayburn.
(c) Miss Saunders.
(d) The Junior Fellows.

13. At the beginning of Part 2, Section 8, where does Daisy work?
(a) Wrayburn's Boarding House.
(b) The University of Cambridge.
(c) Surrey Retail.
(d) Lambert's Glazing Supplies.

14. Whom does Fred want to find in Part 1, Section 7?
(a) The witness to the accident.
(b) Daisy Saunders.
(c) The farmer's son.
(d) The cart driver.

15. According to Fred, why is Flowerdew "one against many?"
(a) Flowerdew is a lonely professor.
(b) Flowerdew is not liked by anyone.
(c) Flowerdew understands too much.
(d) Flowerdew knows too little.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Fred decide to tell about his lack of religious convictions?

2. Where does Daisy live?

3. What does Fred swerve to avoid while riding his bicycle?

4. Who invites Fred in "for that pipe"?

5. According to King James I of England, where should one sleep at Cambridge?

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