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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. Who is Barlow?
(a) The younger of the two Englishmen sitting together and talking.
(b) An American who both Englishmen admire.
(c) A man who arrives and greets the other two men.
(d) An American whom neither Englishman likes.

2. What does Dennis place on the benches in the church?
(a) Printed name cards.
(b) Programs.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Pillows.

3. What does Mr. Schultz say he needs from Dennis more than good ideas?
(a) Competence.
(b) A willingness to take a cut in pay.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Loyalty.

4. What are the principal settings for this novel?
(a) Two funeral homes.
(b) The homes of the three main characters.
(c) A coffee shop and a lawyer's office.
(d) A baseball stadium and Hollywood screen set.

5. Whose nationality is changed from Spanish to Celtic?
(a) Dennis.
(b) Sir Francis.
(c) Miss Poski.
(d) Juanita del Pablo.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the first time Dennis Barlow sees a human corpse?

2. Where does Dennis see a marble Mickey Mouse?

3. In what room does the cosmetician work?

4. What does Sir Ambrose ask of Dennis?

5. Where does Dennis decide Sir Francis should go?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Barlow compare the facades of Hollywood sets to the front of Whispering Glades?

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

3. Who arrives and what does he say to Sir Francis?

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

5. Who is the cosmetician and what does she tell Dennis?

6. What was the pinnacle of Sir Francis' life?

7. What does Sir Ambrose ask of Dennis and what does Dennis find out about Sir Francis as a writer?

8. What does the recording say about the Church of St. Peter-without-the-walls in Oxford?

9. What does Aimée reveal about herself when she encounters Dennis on the island?

10. What does Dennis see as he walks among the graves?

(see the answer keys)

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