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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Crabbe begin to write?
(a) A screenplay.
(b) A play.
(c) A novel.
(d) A book of poems.

2. What is MacAndrew's rank in the army?
(a) Private.
(b) General.
(c) Colonel.
(d) Sergeant.

3. What does K.C talk about?
(a) His reading habits.
(b) His drinking habits.
(c) A case he is involved in.
(d) His wife's difficult preganancy.

4. Who visits Crabb in Chapter 28?
(a) Stroeve.
(b) Mrs. Strickland.
(c) Mrs. Stroeve.
(d) Strickland.

5. Which of the following does Crabbe give as an example of a great and successful painter?
(a) Ingres.
(b) Monet.
(c) Manet.
(d) Van Gogh.

6. What artist does Dirk say never sold a painting?
(a) Monet.
(b) Van Gogh.
(c) Maney.
(d) Coret.

7. What is Mr. Strickland's job in London?
(a) A stockbroker.
(b) An accountant.
(c) A writer.
(d) A painter.

8. What does Mrs. Strickland have the gift of?
(a) Humor.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Conversation.
(d) Sympathy.

9. What university is Mrs. Strickland's son studying at?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Manchester.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Winchester.

10. Where did the author meet Dirk?
(a) London.
(b) Rome.
(c) Paris.
(d) Madrid.

11. What kind of beast does the Colonel call Strickland?
(a) Fingerless.
(b) Heartless.
(c) Soulless.
(d) Brainless.

12. What does Crabbe say is the only way to measure merit?
(a) Critical response.
(b) Hardwork.
(c) Success.
(d) Time.

13. What school does Mrs. Strickland's son, Robert, attend?
(a) Marlborough.
(b) Winchester.
(c) Rugby.
(d) Eton.

14. What has Amy told her children has happened to their father?
(a) He has gone on holiday.
(b) He has been arrested.
(c) He has gone away on business.
(d) He has gone to see a family member.

15. What word does the author use to describe the Stricklands?
(a) Common.
(b) Average.
(c) Extraordinary.
(d) Enigmatic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dirk pat Crabbe as if he is?

2. Why does Strickland say he left his wife?

3. What does the author say nature has made Dirk into?

4. What did Strickland's fellow students at his painting classes think of his work?

5. Where does Strickland say he could find what he wants?

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