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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 is Mr. Schultz's response to Dennis' request?
(a) He doesn't think Dennis deserves a recommendation.
(b) He thinks Dennis should finish out his contract.
(c) He says business is not good enough.
(d) There is no other office space.

2. Who do two gloomy men represent?
(a) Sir Ambrose.
(b) No one.
(c) Guru Brahmin.
(d) Sir Francis' children.

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

4. What has Aimée been chosen to do?
(a) Lead a recitation of a poem for the dead mother and child.
(b) Become the company's first female embalmer.
(c) Sing at a service.
(d) Play the organ at a service.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Dennis' offerings do?

2. How does Mr. Joyboy fashion a smile on a corpse?

3. What does the secretary tell Mr. Slump about Aimée?

4. Who is in a foul mood?

5. What had not been announced?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why has Aimée written a local newspaper columnist and what does he reply to her?

4. Describe Aimée's date with Mr. Joyboy to meet his mother.

5. What does Mr. Joyboy say about his mother when Aimée asks about her and how does this conversation lead to another discovery about Dennis?

6. How do Dennis' poems help Aimée feel better and what does she do with one of them?

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

8. How does Aimée react to the latest love poem from Dennis, and what does she not realize about the poem?

9. What does Sir Amborse say about Dennis' plans to become a non-sectarian minister?

10. How is Mr. Slump feeling at the opening to this chapter and why?

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