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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What house is Handley in?
(a) Duke.
(b) Buckingham.
(c) Milton.
(d) Townsend.

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

4. What is the reason Ernest's wife left him?
(a) His infidelities.
(b) His bad temper.
(c) His deep depressions.
(d) His bad manners.

5. What does Smith think he will be forced to join after leaving Borstal?
(a) The marines.
(b) The army.
(c) The cadets.
(d) The police.

6. What is the name of the newspaper the governor is reading?
(a) The Daily Mail.
(b) The Daily Telegraph.
(c) The Times.
(d) The Guardian.

7. What does Smith say the policeman has on the brain?
(a) Tea.
(b) Money.
(c) Mistrust.
(d) Women.

8. Where does Ernest go after he leaves the cafe?
(a) Home.
(b) The bar.
(c) The canal.
(d) Work.

9. Who does the book belong to?
(a) Harry's father.
(b) The bookshop.
(c) The library.
(d) Harry's boss.

10. What has been the narrator's job for the past twenty-eight years?
(a) Postman.
(b) Dustman.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Copywriter.

11. What section of the bible does Mr. Raynor read to his class?
(a) Job.
(b) Exodos.
(c) Numbers.
(d) Genesis.

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

13. What does Mt. Raynor look at through the classroom window?
(a) A tailor's shop.
(b) A butcher's shop.
(c) A bus station.
(d) A draper's shop.

14. What does Smith say the upperclass sit in their houses like?
(a) Hawks.
(b) Flies.
(c) Owls.
(d) Spiders.

15. How did the young girl die?
(a) She killed herself.
(b) She was murdered.
(c) She had a heart attack.
(d) She was run over.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the young girl want to eat?

3. What does Mr. Raynor ask Bullivant to hold out for him?

4. What were dead and dying men straggling in the First World War?

5. What does Harry says he does in a mild way?

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