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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Uncle Ernest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say lashes out it guts?
(a) The town cryer.
(b) The wind.
(c) The church bells.
(d) The crows.

2. What does Ernest need for his job that afternoon?
(a) Perspex.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Rexine.
(d) Carpet.

3. What kind of words does the smaller girl answer her sister in?
(a) Hushed words.
(b) Flowery words.
(c) Long words.
(d) Curt words.

4. How does the elder girl look at Ernest when he offers to buy her sister something to eat?
(a) Thoughtfully.
(b) Resentfully.
(c) Flirtaously.
(d) Gratefully.

5. What does the middle-aged man always speak in one breath?
(a) His name and trade.
(b) Rimbaud poems.
(c) The football scores.
(d) His children's names.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Smith say he can taste in the back of his mouth?

2. What is the reason Ernest's wife left him?

3. What has happened to the girl's father?

4. What is the name of Smith's friend?

5. What does Smith believe counts in life?

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