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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Aimée owe the shaping of her brain and body?
(a) A mishap when she is a toddler.
(b) Being raised in southern California.
(c) Being raised in a strict Catholic home.
(d) A mild birth defect.

2. What specific details does Mr. Joyboy offer Dennis?
(a) Aimée injected herself with cyanide.
(b) None.
(c) Aimée left behind a note blaming Dennis.
(d) He is suing Dennis for plagerization.

3. What do Dennis' offerings do?
(a) Make Aimée suspicious as to where he's getting his money.
(b) Continue to keep Aimée interested in him.
(c) Boosts Aimée's confidence.
(d) Smooth over arguments.

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

5. Where is Mr. Slump when Aimée talks to him on the phone?
(a) His home.
(b) A library.
(c) The newspaper office.
(d) A bar.

6. What does Sir Ambrose say will damage the credibility of Englishmen in Hollywood?
(a) For Dennis to go into acting.
(b) For Dennis not to head the cricket team.
(c) For Dennis to become a non-sectarian minister.
(d) For Dennis to marry a mortician.

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

8. Where does Aimée take Dennis a few days after her dinner date with Mr. Joyboy?
(a) Lovers' Nook.
(b) The basement of the mortuary.
(c) Her mother's house.
(d) Her sister's house.

9. What does Mr. Slump do?
(a) A disc jockey.
(b) An attorney.
(c) Responds to letters from readers.
(d) A newspaper editor.

10. What does Aimée tell Dennis that does not bother him?
(a) She is going to dinner with Mr. Joyboy.
(b) She quit her job.
(c) She is being demoted.
(d) She is pregnant.

11. Of what is Mr. Slump tired?
(a) Getting letters from Aimée.
(b) His elderly father.
(c) Writing a column.
(d) His elderly mother.

12. Who is Guru Brahmin?
(a) A Buddhist monk.
(b) The man who will officiate at the service for Sir Francis.
(c) A columnist.
(d) A clown who works at the pet cemetery.

13. Who is Sambo?
(a) A snake.
(b) A dog.
(c) A cat.
(d) A parrot.

14. Why does Dennis recite a poem?
(a) To show Aimée's spirit that he can write his own poetry.
(b) He does not recite a poem.
(c) To commemorate Aimée's cremation.
(d) To make Mr. Joyboy feel better.

15. What does Aimée recount in a letter?
(a) Her depression that she has to return to Kansas.
(b) Her desire to become the best mortician around.
(c) Her excitement that Mr. Joyboy asks her to marry him.
(d) Her engagement to Dennis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aimée suggest Mr. Joyboy do?

2. What makes Aimée cry?

3. What does Mr. Joyboy fear?

4. Why is Mr. Slump disgusted?

5. What is Mr. Joyboy's mother like?

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