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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who no longer comes to Sir Francis' home office?
(a) His lawyer.
(b) His secretary.
(c) His hairdresser.
(d) His masseuse.

4. How are the Englishmen described?
(a) As loners.
(b) As artists.
(c) As exiles.
(d) As losers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Barlow done recently?

2. What does Dennis hear in the room where he is led?

3. Who is Juanita del Pablo?

4. How does Dennis handle finding Sir Francis?

5. Besides being fiction, how else is the story described in the paragraph that is set before Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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