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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the author say Jones's brain is like?
(a) A senile old man.
(b) An old banger.
(c) An oil tanker.
(d) A bottle neck.

3. What does the man tell the narrator to shut?
(a) His gob.
(b) His eyes.
(c) His coat.
(d) His bag.

4. What is the real reason the narrator feels black?
(a) He hasn't been to the pictures.
(b) He has lost his wallet.
(c) He has seen a man kill himself.
(d) His girlfriend has dumped him.

5. What does the author say the fair is a sea of?
(a) Lights.
(b) Colors.
(c) Laughter.
(d) People.

6. How has the old gypsy woman done her hair?
(a) In a ponytail.
(b) In pig tails.
(c) In braids.
(d) In a bun.

7. What is Jim's fiance's name?
(a) Denise.
(b) Rose.
(c) Phylis.
(d) Deirdrie.

8. What does Jim give his fiance an eye like?
(a) An angry cat.
(b) A little dog.
(c) A pregnant mother.
(d) A little boy.

9. What color does the narrator say his family turns when they are fed-up?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

10. What do the man's arms chaf like when the narrator kicks the chair away?
(a) An injured eagle.
(b) A scarecrow.
(c) A referee.
(d) An airport controller.

11. Who is the King of England in this time period?
(a) King George.
(b) King Philip.
(c) King Charles.
(d) King Henry.

12. What kind of bed does Jim's mother think he is lying in?
(a) A bed of nettles.
(b) A bed of nails.
(c) A bed of thorns.
(d) A bed of roses.

13. What can four pence buy a pound of?
(a) Treacle.
(b) Scones.
(c) Beef.
(d) Sugar.

14. Why does the narrator think Jim could have gone anywhere in the country?
(a) He is a wanderer.
(b) He is earning good money.
(c) He is easy to get along with.
(d) He has a car.

15. What does Fred grin like at the end of the book?
(a) An excited puppy.
(b) An assassin.
(c) A little boy.
(d) A Cheshire-cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say he would have done to Jim's mother if she has talked to him in the same way?

2. What does the narrator say he once saw a man do to himself?

3. What does the man want the narrator to do when he has the rope around his neck?

4. What does the narrator say the man has a face like?

5. What kind of life does the narrator say his father leads his mother?

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