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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Smith say he leaps over while running?
(a) Ditches.
(b) Brooks.
(c) Bushes.
(d) Gates.

5. What does Smith say the governor talks to him like?
(a) A prize race horse.
(b) A celebrity.
(c) A football fan.
(d) A small child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the young girl want to eat?

2. What kind of words does the smaller girl answer her sister in?

3. What does Harry say is a stroke of God's luck?

4. What does Ernest need for his job that afternoon?

5. Where does the narrator walk with his wife when he receives his first paycheck?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mr. Raynor think he is a good disciplinarian?

2. What does Harry remember about his marriage to Kathy?

3. What is Smith's attitutude when the policeman confronts him about the robbery?

4. Why does Raynor want to punish Bullivant?

5. What does Mr. Raynor see happening in the Draper's shop at the beginning of the story?

6. How does Harry know that Kathy wants money for beer?

7. How does Mr. Raynor remember the girl he regarded as physically perfect?

8. Why does Smith say he wrote this story?

9. How do the two girls manipulate Ernest?

10. What do the policemen tell Ernest at the end of the story?

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