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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. Where is Dangerfield staying in London?
(a) A hostel.
(b) A friend's house.
(c) An inn.
(d) A hotel.

2. What is the friend in #88 pawning at the shop?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Steak.
(c) Watch.
(d) Ring.

3. What does O'Keefe demand from Dangerfield?
(a) More respect.
(b) The money he loaned him.
(c) A bottle of whiskey.
(d) Straight answers.

4. Why is Tony Malarkey living behind a bolted door in his apartment?
(a) So his demons won't find him.
(b) So his ex-wife can't get in.
(c) So the landlord can't evict him.
(d) So the police will be kept out.

5. Where does Dangerfield put the coins that are tossed at him at the pubs?
(a) His hat.
(b) His backpack.
(c) His coin purse.
(d) The pouch of the kangaroo costume.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food does Miss Frost prepare for Dangerfield?

2. What does Dangerfield tell his landlady about Mary?

3. How old must Dangerfield be before he receives his inheritance?

4. Where does Dangerfield tell Miss Frost that he is going?

5. What does Dangerfield borrow from Parnell?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Mary's true personality emerged since meeting Dangerfield?

2. What objective has O'Keefe still not attained in his life?

3. Why does Mary's bath symbolize her new life?

4. What is Dangerfield's new plan to move to London and does he ask Miss Frost to go with him?

5. Why is Dangerfield so devastated by the terms of his father's will?

6. How does the relationship between Dangerfield and Lilly end?

7. Describe Dangerfield's indulgent behavior when he learns that Marion has left him.

8. In what way is O'Keefe similar to Dangerfield?

9. How does Dangerfield's upswing in Chapter 19 come at the expense of Mary and O'Keefe?

10. How do Dangerfield and Lilly differ in their views about consequences?

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