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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dennis tell Mr. Joyboy they can do that night?
(a) Dennis has not yet made a plan.
(b) Bury Aimée.
(c) Take Aimée's body and dump it out to sea.
(d) Cremate Aimée.

2. What is Jungle Venom?
(a) The name of one of the books Mr. Francis wrote.
(b) The name of the poem Dennis writes for Sir Francis' children.
(c) The name of the poem Dennis writes for Aimée.
(d) Perfume Aimée uses on her dinner date with Mr. Joyboy.

3. Where does Mr. Joyboy arrange for Sambo's disposal?
(a) Happier Hunting Ground.
(b) He buries the cat himself.
(c) The vet's office.
(d) He buries the ferret himself.

4. What does Aimée tell Mr. Joyboy about what she wrote her note on?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Her fiancee wrote the poem.
(c) It was all she had in her office.
(d) She thought he'd appreciate the humor of using mortuary paper.

5. Why are the other cosmeticians jealous of Aimée?
(a) Dennis has been paying a lot of attention to her.
(b) Her bodies have better smiles than theirs.
(c) Mr. Kenworthy has promoted her.
(d) Mr. Joyboy has promoted her.

6. What does Mr. Slump say about what women cannot seem to do?
(a) Let a man go.
(b) Pick the right man.
(c) Stand up for herself.
(d) Concede defeat to another woman.

7. How does Mr. Joyboy fashion a smile on a corpse?
(a) Sewing the lips in place.
(b) With pins.
(c) With cotton balls.
(d) With cardboard under the lip.

8. What does Aimée suggest Mr. Joyboy do?
(a) Ask out another one of the cosmetologists.
(b) Learn to walk with better posture.
(c) Try to understand her feelings for Dennis.
(d) Not take a girlfriend home to meet his mother.

9. What does Mr. Slump say the poet obviously has?
(a) A crush on Aimée.
(b) A need for women to take care of him.
(c) Honroable intentions.
(d) Character defects.

10. Of what does Dennis remind Aimée?
(a) That she is an honorable woman.
(b) That she once loved him.
(c) That she promised to marry him.
(d) Nothing.

11. Who does Mr. Slump say was being honorable?
(a) Dennis.
(b) Mr. Kenworthy.
(c) Mr. Joyboy.
(d) Sir Ambrose.

12. What does Dennis tell Mr. Schultz Dennis needs?
(a) A letter of release from his contract.
(b) A new office.
(c) A raise.
(d) A recommendation.

13. What does Dennis do as he is waiting for the fire to finish its work?
(a) Plays gin with Mr. Joyboy.
(b) Picks up a novel and starts reading.
(c) Sleeps.
(d) Plays poker with Mr. Joyboy.

14. Why does Mr. Slump drink whiskey?
(a) He likes the taste.
(b) To stop his cough.
(c) He is unhappy.
(d) To forget his miserable life.

15. Why does Dennis say he should be offended by Aimée?
(a) She has embarrassed him in front of his friends.
(b) She did not recognize some of the best-known poetry in the English language.
(c) She dumps him for a mortician.
(d) She is avoiding him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Aimée take Dennis a few days after her dinner date with Mr. Joyboy?

2. Who do two gloomy men represent?

3. What does Mr. Joyboy tell Dennis?

4. What does Mr. Slump not know?

5. How long have Aimée and Dennis been engaged?

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