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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aimée write a note to Mr. Joyboy on one day?
(a) A poem Dennis sends her.
(b) A travel brochure.
(c) A piece of paper towel.
(d) A make-up rag.

2. When is the first time Dennis Barlow sees a human corpse?
(a) When he is 15 and his grandfather drowns.
(b) When he is 28.
(c) When he is in the war in Italy.
(d) When he is 12.

3. Of what is Mr. Slump tired?
(a) Writing a column.
(b) Getting letters from Aimée.
(c) His elderly mother.
(d) His elderly father.

4. Who is in a foul mood?
(a) Mr. Joyboy.
(b) Dennis.
(c) Mr. Slump.
(d) Aimée.

5. What do the various zones on the grounds in the funeral home represent?
(a) The separation of race and nationality.
(b) Where famous versus unknown people are buried.
(c) The cremated versus those whose bodies are buried.
(d) The varying costs of burial.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Slump say about what women cannot seem to do?

2. What does Mr. Joyboy say about his mother's state of health when Aimée asks?

3. Where is Sir Francis' body?

4. Where is Sir Francis' body when Dennis comes home one night?

5. What does Aimée recount in a letter?

(see the answer key)

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