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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Mr. Slump's mental state?
(a) Scarcely sober.
(b) Exuberant.
(c) Mildly amused.
(d) Excited.
2. What does Dennis continue to send Aimée?
(a) Poems.
(b) Information about England.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Cards.
3. Why is Mr. Slump disgusted?
(a) A young man writes that he loves another young man.
(b) There is another letter from Aimée.
(c) His secretary has fallen in love with the other Guru Brahmin.
(d) A young woman writes that she loves a man who is thirty years older than she.
4. How has Aimée's "friend" at work become?
(a) Aloof.
(b) Very supportive of Aimée's engagement.
(c) Morose and mean.
(d) Excited about another one of the cosmeticians.
5. Why does Dennis recite a poem?
(a) To make Mr. Joyboy feel better.
(b) To commemorate Aimée's cremation.
(c) He does not recite a poem.
(d) To show Aimée's spirit that he can write his own poetry.
6. What makes Aimée cry?
(a) A story in a magazine about a cat.
(b) The latest poem from Dennis.
(c) A picture she sees in the newspaper.
(d) A story in a magazine about a dog.
7. What does Dennis ask concerning Non-sectarian ministers and embalmers?
(a) If they both must believe in God.
(b) If they are both worthwhile occupations.
(c) If they both pay well.
(d) If they are social equals.
8. In what does Dennis seem unnaturally interested?
(a) Religion.
(b) Aimée's sister.
(c) The details of Aimée's work.
(d) A young lady in the coffee shop.
9. What funeral does Aimée agree to go to on Wednesday?
(a) Sambo's.
(b) Sir Ambrose's.
(c) Mr. Joyboy's mother's.
(d) Mr. Joyboy's grandfather's.
10. What is Mr. Schultz's response to Dennis' request?
(a) There is no other office space.
(b) He doesn't think Dennis deserves a recommendation.
(c) He thinks Dennis should finish out his contract.
(d) He says business is not good enough.
11. What does Aimée ask a columnist?
(a) If she might be in love with Mr. Joyboy.
(b) If she might be in love with Dennis.
(c) If her horoscope means she will never marry.
(d) If her horoscope means she will die young.
12. Of what is Mr. Slump tired?
(a) His elderly father.
(b) Writing a column.
(c) His elderly mother.
(d) Getting letters from Aimée.
13. What does Aimée recount in a letter?
(a) Her desire to become the best mortician around.
(b) Her excitement that Mr. Joyboy asks her to marry him.
(c) Her engagement to Dennis.
(d) Her depression that she has to return to Kansas.
14. What does Aimée tell Dennis that does not bother him?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is being demoted.
(c) She is going to dinner with Mr. Joyboy.
(d) She quit her job.
15. What does Mr. Slump say about what women cannot seem to do?
(a) Stand up for herself.
(b) Pick the right man.
(c) Let a man go.
(d) Concede defeat to another woman.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mr. Slump not know?
2. What does Mr. Joyboy ask Aimée?
3. Why does Mr. Slump drink whiskey?
4. What does Mr. Slump do?
5. Why are the other cosmeticians jealous of Aimée?
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