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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chris prepare for Dangerfield when he says he has been attacked in the bar?
(a) Hot chocolate.
(b) Buttered rum.
(c) Tea.
(d) Mulled wine.

2. What wry comment does a passenger make as Dangerfield leaves the train?
(a) He is a troubled chap.
(b) He seems like a real joker.
(c) He is a good-looking young man.
(d) He cannot remember his meat at all.

3. Dangerfield thinks that everything will be OK with him and Marion ______________________.
(a) when the baby is a little older.
(b) when Dangerfield is out of school.
(c) when they have money.
(d) when they move back to America.

4. Why did Dangerfield once touch the decapitated head of Blessed Oliver Plunkett?
(a) Morbidity.
(b) Faith.
(c) It is good luck.
(d) Curiosity.

5. Why do the landladies of the new house trust Dangerfield and Marion?
(a) They are not Catholic.
(b) They are well-educated.
(c) They are very polite.
(d) They look prosperous.

6. What do Dangerfield and Chris do after making love?
(a) Smoke cigarettes.
(b) Watch a movie.
(c) Eat pasta.
(d) Go to a pub.

7. What does Marion feel about their life in the new house?
(a) They are back where they started.
(b) They can have a fresh start now.
(c) She is not comfortable there.
(d) They are worse off than before.

8. Where do Dangerfield and O'Keefe get their money?
(a) G.I. Bill checks.
(b) Wealthy parents.
(c) Part time jobs.
(d) Disability.

9. What does Dangerfield almost forget when he leaves the train?
(a) His umbrella.
(b) The package of liver.
(c) His notebooks.
(d) His hat.

10. Who is Dangerfield's wife?
(a) Celeste.
(b) Marion.
(c) Judith.
(d) Anna.

11. Marion tells Dangerfield that he ______________ in his sleep.
(a) walks.
(b) talks.
(c) eats.
(d) screams.

12. What does Dangerfield do in his drunken condition?
(a) Wrecks his car.
(b) Wakes Marion when he gets home.
(c) Sleeps in the alley.
(d) Wrecks a pub.

13. Why did Dangerfield and his wife and daughter have to move to 1 Mohammed Road, The Rock, Dublin?
(a) It is closer to the college.
(b) Their back garden fell off the cliff.
(c) A highway is being built where their old house stood.
(d) They got some inheritance money.

14. Which of the following does Dangerfield NOT charge at a store?
(a) Ham.
(b) Milk.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Liquor.

15. What news does Dangerfield get from O'Keefe?
(a) He is still a virgin.
(b) He has been very sick.
(c) He is moving back to the States.
(d) He got married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What puts Dangerfield in a good mood?

2. Where does Dangerfield hide when the person in #81 comes to the house?

3. What is the content of the note that Marion has left for Dangerfield?

4. Where does the woman in #41 work?

5. To whom has Marion written a letter complaining about Dangerfield?

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