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

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

3. What has Dennis done for Aimée?
(a) Written her wonderful poems.
(b) Helped paint her living room.
(c) Taken her to the movies a number of times.
(d) Send her clients.

4. What does Mr. Joyboy ask Aimée?
(a) If her fiancee is a professor.
(b) If her fiancee has a sister with red hair.
(c) If her fiancee works at the studio.
(d) If her fiancee is an Englishman.

5. What is Mr. Joyboy's mother like?
(a) Cruel.
(b) Crabby and demanding.
(c) Senile.
(d) Kind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dennis tell Mr. Joyboy they can do that night?

2. Why does Dennis say he should be offended by Aimée?

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

4. What specific details does Mr. Joyboy offer Dennis?

5. What does Mr. Joyboy say about his mother's state of health when Aimée asks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Aimée calls Mr. Slump at a pub, and what does she do as a result of the conversation?

2. What does Mr. Slump say about women regarding men?

3. Who arrives when Dennis is training his replacement at Happier Hunting Grounds, and what does Dennis do with his trainee?

4. What is different between Aimée's first engagement compared to that of the one to Mr. Lovejoy?

5. How is Mr. Joyboy described as he improves the smile of a corpse?

6. Describe Dennis' conversation with Aimée when he follows her to Nutburger Café.

7. How does Dennis start wooing Aimée?

8. What does Aimée write to the columnist about Dennis?

9. Why does Aimée believe she will be writing her last letter to Guru Brahmin?

10. Why is Mr. Joyboy fearful and what does Dennis realize Mr. Joyboy wants?

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