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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the cosmetician described?
(a) As vampirish.
(b) As gothic.
(c) As the consummate blond.
(d) As dark haired, pale, and greenish eyes.

2. What is being piped through the speakers in the funeral home?
(a) "Our Father."
(b) A musical rendition of the 23rd psalm.
(c) "Amazing Grace."
(d) "Hindu Love-song."

3. How was his book received?
(a) It won literary prizes.
(b) It was virtually ignored.
(c) He never published a book.
(d) It received very poor reviews.

4. 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 varying costs of burial.
(d) The cremated versus those whose bodies are buried.

5. Who is Mr. Joyboy?
(a) The janitor at the funeral home.
(b) The man who will make Sir Francis look wonderful.
(c) An elderly man who comes in to buy a casket for his wife.
(d) A young man who comes in to buy a casket for his wife and child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who no longer comes to Sir Francis' home office?

2. What did Dennis do in World War II?

3. What is the name of the funeral home where Dennis goes?

4. What are the Englishmen drinking?

5. When is the first time Dennis Barlow sees a human corpse?

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