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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is on the other side of the door as Dennis is about to enter a room?
(a) Sir Francis' youngest child.
(b) Sir Ambrose.
(c) Aimée.
(d) Mr. Schultz.

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

4. What is poorly received by the studio heads?
(a) A screen-play about a large woman.
(b) The new anti-communist guidelines.
(c) The biography that Sir Francis writes.
(d) A screen-play about a pet coyote.

5. At one time, what was Sir Francis the only one of in Hollywood?
(a) An expert on tax laws for British nationals in the United States.
(b) Knighted personage.
(c) An Englishman with the Queen's ear.
(d) A very wealthy and handsome English bachelor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sir Francis' immediate supervisor tell him to do?

2. What is one natural scene described in Chapter 1?

3. What trophy is in the room where Dennis is escorted?

4. Why does Sir Ambrose drop by?

5. Where is Sir Francis' body when Dennis comes home one night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aimée think of Mr. Joyboy's work?

2. How does Dennis respond to finding a dead Sir Francis?

3. What does the opening to Chapter 1 describe?

4. Why is Mr. Schultz displeased with Dennis and how does Dennis try to convince Mr. Schultz to feel otherwise?

5. What are the English expatriates talking about at the cricket club?

6. Why does the prospect of a visit to Whispering Glades fascinate Dennis?

7. Why does Sir Ambrose think Sir Francis loses his job?

8. About what does the author warn readers?

9. What racist question does the secretary ask Dennis and how does he respond?

10. How does Dennis compare his present job with his time in Italy?

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