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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dennis give to Aimée that strikes her as familiar?
(a) A passage from Shakespere.
(b) A poem about daffodils.
(c) A passage from Coleridge.
(d) A poem about a river.

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

3. What does Dennis continue to send Aimée?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Poems.
(c) Information about England.
(d) Cards.

4. How is Mr. Slump's appearance?
(a) Bruised about the face.
(b) A black eye.
(c) Ill shaven.
(d) Badly shaven.

5. To whom does Mr. Joyboy want to introduce Aimée?
(a) No one.
(b) His board of trustees.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His mother.

6. How has Aimée's "friend" at work become?
(a) Very supportive of Aimée's engagement.
(b) Aloof.
(c) Excited about another one of the cosmeticians.
(d) Morose and mean.

7. What advice does Mr. Slump give Aimée?
(a) To honor her commitment to Dennis.
(b) To jump off something high.
(c) To keep her engagement with Mr. Joyboy.
(d) To figure it out for herself.

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

9. What does Mr. Joyboy say about his mother's state of health when Aimée asks?
(a) She has meet a nice gentleman.
(b) She is sad that Sambo has died.
(c) She is in robust health.
(d) She is failing fast.

10. What has Aimée decided to do?
(a) Join a convent.
(b) Look for someone besides her present two suitors.
(c) Marry Dennis anyway.
(d) Marry Mr. Joyboy.

11. What funeral does Aimée agree to go to on Wednesday?
(a) Mr. Joyboy's mother's.
(b) Sambo's.
(c) Mr. Joyboy's grandfather's.
(d) Sir Ambrose's.

12. What does Mr. Joyboy say might help Dennis?
(a) A police man.
(b) Some prison time.
(c) A literary agent.
(d) A respectable job.

13. What does Aimée tell Mr. Joyboy when he wants to celebrate with her?
(a) Her mother is ill.
(b) She is engaged.
(c) She has a date.
(d) She is ill.

14. What does Aimée occasionally think of a poem?
(a) It has bad grammar.
(b) It is risque.
(c) It is too long.
(d) It is too complex to understand.

15. What does Aimée ask a columnist?
(a) If her horoscope means she will die young.
(b) If she might be in love with Dennis.
(c) If her horoscope means she will never marry.
(d) If she might be in love with Mr. Joyboy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aimée suggest Mr. Joyboy do?

2. What does Dennis tell Mr. Schultz Dennis needs?

3. What does Dennis plagiarize?

4. What does Dennis ask Erroll Bartholomew?

5. What does Aimée tell Dennis that does not bother him?

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