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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What ideas does Mr. Raynor want to get out of Bullivant's head?
(a) Mod ideas.
(b) Teddy-boy ideas.
(c) Hippy ideas.
(d) Utopian ideas.

4. Who does Smith always say good mrning to while he is out on his run?
(a) The brick layer.
(b) The greensman.
(c) The cow-milker.
(d) The hawk trainer.

5. What does the young girl want to eat?
(a) A sandwich.
(b) A bicuit.
(c) A chocolate.
(d) A cake.

6. What were dead and dying men straggling in the First World War?
(a) Metal fencing.
(b) Trip wire.
(c) Barbed wire.
(d) Sandbags.

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

8. What sound does Smith say his feet make on the hard soil?
(a) Trot.
(b) Puff.
(c) Slam.
(d) Slap.

9. What does Mr. Raynor say his class younger class rebels at?
(a) Their books.
(b) Their parents.
(c) Their appearance.
(d) Their friends.

10. What is Harry doing when his wife tells him she loves him?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Watching TV.
(c) Bathing.
(d) Reading.

11. What does Harry's wife hate like poison?
(a) Children.
(b) Beer.
(c) books.
(d) Harry.

12. What does Ernest have to do at two o'clock?
(a) Start work.
(b) Meet his mother.
(c) Eat lunch.
(d) Catch a train.

13. What is the name of Smith's friend?
(a) Joe.
(b) Colin.
(c) Rick.
(d) Mike.

14. What does Smith say he was doing while the robbery took place?
(a) Competing in a race.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Watching television.
(d) Playing football.

15. What is the boy on the front row reading like?
(a) A preacher.
(b) A disciple.
(c) A robot.
(d) A prophet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the person who owns the draper shop?

2. What does Bullivant say he will bring out to settle Mr. Raynor?

3. Where does Ernest think he should have died?

4. What do the police say will happen to Ernest if he goes near the two girls again?

5. What does Smith say the governor is as dead as?

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