2. Who is Ambrose Abercrombie?
(a) A magician.
(b) The bartender at the pub where the Englishmen are sitting.
(c) The proprietor of the pub where the Englishmen are sitting.
(d) Someone who will be arriving soon.

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

4. What poet does Dennis quote?
(a) Shelly.
(b) Blake.
(c) Keats.
(d) Wordsworth.

5. What is Megalopolitan?
(a) A film studio.
(b) A department store.
(c) An amusement park.
(d) A toy store.

6. Where is Sir Francis' body?
(a) In the slumber room.
(b) Already at the church.
(c) In the Iris room.
(d) At the police headquarters for a final disposition.

7. What is one natural scene described in Chapter 1?
(a) The snow on the mountains.
(b) The farms.
(c) The foothills.
(d) The desert.

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

9. What do the various zones on the grounds in the funeral home represent?
(a) The cremated versus those whose bodies are buried.
(b) The separation of race and nationality.
(c) The varying costs of burial.
(d) Where famous versus unknown people are buried.

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

11. 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.

12. What does Sir Ambrose ask of Dennis?
(a) To keep it out of the papers that Sir Francis kills himself.
(b) To notify Sir Francis' two children.
(c) To find something that Sir Francis wrote to read at the funeral.
(d) To give Sir Ambrose a particular pen that belonged to Sir Francis.

13. What does Barlow find difficult to believe about the funeral home's structure?
(a) That it's considered tasteful.
(b) That it's considered serene.
(c) That it's three-dimensional.
(d) That it's a funeral home.

14. Through what does Dennis have to pass in order to reach the reception area in the mortuary?
(a) Several florist rooms.
(b) Nothing; the reception area is right when he walks inside the building.
(c) Several rooms full of grieving persons.
(d) Several rooms of caskets.

15. Where does Dennis decide Sir Francis should go?
(a) In the Poet's Corner.
(b) In the British area.
(c) In the Catholic area.
(d) In an area between the famouns and unknown people.