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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sir Francis once work as?
(a) The chief scriptwriter for a studio.
(b) An accountant.
(c) A cartoonist.
(d) A diplomat.

2. What does Sir Francis' immediate supervisor tell him to do?
(a) Come back in one week.
(b) Start a new screenplay.
(c) See the next highest boss.
(d) Get rid of his Juanita work.

3. Of what are the side aisles made in the church where Dennis visits?
(a) Steel and glass.
(b) Stucco.
(c) Cement.
(d) Balsa wood.

4. How long does it take Aimée to paint a body?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) Several hours.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) About an hour.

5. How does Sir Francis have to get to work?
(a) A studio car comes and gets him.
(b) Bike.
(c) Walking.
(d) A cab.

6. Whose nationality is changed from Spanish to Celtic?
(a) Juanita del Pablo.
(b) Sir Francis.
(c) Dennis.
(d) Miss Poski.

7. What are the principal settings for this novel?
(a) The homes of the three main characters.
(b) A coffee shop and a lawyer's office.
(c) Two funeral homes.
(d) A baseball stadium and Hollywood screen set.

8. What does Dennis send to Sir Ambrose?
(a) A picture of Sir Francis with his illegitimate child.
(b) The article Dennis finds in the sock drawer.
(c) A book written by Sir Francis and another man.
(d) A picture of Sir Francis being knighted.

9. What trophy is in the room where Dennis is escorted?
(a) None.
(b) The Yacht cup of 1938.
(c) The Soccer Club Finals of 1942.
(d) Cricket Club's trophy.

10. What has Barlow done recently?
(a) Traveled back to England.
(b) Quit his job as a screenwriter.
(c) Divorced.
(d) Married.

11. How is Mr. Joyboy's work as an embalmer considered?
(a) Acceptable.
(b) Good.
(c) Mediocre.
(d) Outstanding.

12. About what does Sir Ambrose give a speech?
(a) The end of the gentleman's era.
(b) The uncertainties of Hollywood.
(c) Rallying the English around the flag.
(d) The beginning of corruption in Hollywood.

13. What does Mr. Schultz say he needs from Dennis more than good ideas?
(a) Hard work.
(b) Competence.
(c) A willingness to take a cut in pay.
(d) Loyalty.

14. What is poorly received by the studio heads?
(a) A screen-play about a pet coyote.
(b) The new anti-communist guidelines.
(c) The biography that Sir Francis writes.
(d) A screen-play about a large woman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How high are the letters carved into the marble slab at the funeral home?

2. Who is Aimée Thanatogenos?

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

4. Where is Sir Francis' body?

5. What does Dennis learn about Sir Francis when trying to comply with Sir Ambrose's request?

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