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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. Of what does Dennis remind Aimée?
(a) That she once loved him.
(b) That she is an honorable woman.
(c) That she promised to marry him.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long have Aimée and Dennis been engaged?

2. What does Mr. Joyboy ask Aimée?

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

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

5. Who does Aimée write about to the columnist a second time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the cricket club do in order to induce Dennis to return to England?

5. What does Aimée say in her most recent letter Guru Brahmin?

6. What does Dennis learn from Erroll Bartholomew?

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

8. What does the narrator explain about Aimée and where she was raised at the opening of this chapter?

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

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

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