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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Mr. Slump when Aimée talks to him on the phone?
(a) A library.
(b) His home.
(c) The newspaper office.
(d) A bar.

2. When will the most important studio figures visit Sir Francis?
(a) Never.
(b) The day of the service.
(c) They've been coming through all day.
(d) In the evening after work.

3. What does Dennis ask Erroll Bartholomew?
(a) How to become a non-sectarian minister.
(b) How to perform a marriage ceremony.
(c) How to get a job with the State.
(d) Why dead people always seem to be smiling.

4. What does Mr. Joyboy ask Aimée?
(a) If her fiancee works at the studio.
(b) If her fiancee has a sister with red hair.
(c) If her fiancee is an Englishman.
(d) If her fiancee is a professor.

5. What is one thing said to be on the building of the funeral home?
(a) Weather vanes.
(b) Mold.
(c) Gargoyles.
(d) Bird droppings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barlow find difficult to believe about the funeral home's structure?

2. What does Mr. Schultz say he needs from Dennis more than good ideas?

3. What does Dennis ask concerning Non-sectarian ministers and embalmers?

4. What does Dennis find shockingly tasteless?

5. What is Dennis Barlow taking care of according to the Englishmen talking?

(see the answer key)

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