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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How high are the letters carved into the marble slab at the funeral home?
(a) 3 inches.
(b) 6 inches.
(c) 3 feet.
(d) 1 foot.

2. What does a porter announce?
(a) That the bodies of twins have arrived.
(b) That the bodies of a woman and child have arrived.
(c) That Sir Francis turns out to be indigent.
(d) That the body of another Britishman has arrived.

3. For how long does Dennis get a leave of absence?
(a) He is not given any time off.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 1 day.

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

5. Besides being fiction, how else is the story described in the paragraph that is set before Chapter 1?
(a) A little nightmare.
(b) A slice of the good life.
(c) A look at the rotten core of life.
(d) A cloudy view of reality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is delivering Sir Francis' corpse to the cosmetician?

2. Who is Dennis' boss?

3. With what is Sir Francis having difficulty?

4. What does Sir Francis' immediate supervisor tell him to do?

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

(see the answer key)

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