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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. What does the narrator say he once saw a man do to himself?
(a) Flog himself.
(b) Talk to himself.
(c) Cut himself.
(d) Kill himself.

2. What does Jim tell his mother he has been through in the last six months?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Hell.
(c) War.
(d) Barbed wire.

3. What kind of life does the narrator say his father leads his mother?
(a) A queen's life.
(b) A lonely life.
(c) A skunk's life.
(d) A dog's life.

4. What does Colin think his father would take with a smile?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) Four pence.
(c) A cheese sandwich.
(d) A cup of tea.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are people beginning to call Lennox because of his sight?

2. What does Jim mother keep her house as clean as?

3. How does the narrator say he would get to Glasgow?

4. What does Fred say he needs to mend?

5. What does Jim give his fiance an eye like?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jim arrested?

2. Why is Lennox so upset at the beginning of this story?

3. How does Jim's fiance surprise the neighbors?

4. Why does the narrator think his father would never kill himself?

5. Why do Lennox's workmates tease him?

6. How do Lennox and Fred's views on marriage differ?

7. What is Bert's plan to cheat at the penny game?

8. What does the narrator think has lead to Jim's disgrace?

9. How does the narrator describe Jim's mother?

10. What does Jim say went wrong in his marriage to Phyllis?

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