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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Disgrace of Jim Scarfedale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say Jim's mother cannot touch Phylis with?
(a) A finger.
(b) A rope.
(c) A barge pole.
(d) A poker.

2. What is the narrator's friend watching at the pictures?
(a) Tarzan.
(b) Lassie.
(c) Jungle Jim.
(d) Penelope Pitstop.

3. Where is Smith from originally?
(a) Newcastle.
(b) Nottingham.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) London.

4. What is the middle-aged man coming out of at the beginning of the book?
(a) The church.
(b) The public lavatory.
(c) A cave.
(d) The library.

5. What does Ernest usually do at 9 o'clock?
(a) Phone his wife.
(b) Drink a beer.
(c) Eat breakfast.
(d) Sleep for an hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cleanest thing about the middle-aged man?

2. What does the author say Colin's legs are like as he tries to escape with Bert?

3. What is the name of the newspaper Lennox asks his son to fetch him?

4. What has Lennox's wife cooked for dinner?

5. What is Harry doing when his wife tells him she loves him?

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