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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Strickland say he hasn't come to Paris for?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Money.
(c) Women.
(d) Culture.

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

3. Who is Strickland painting for two hundred francs?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A plumber.
(d) A writer.

4. What word does the author use to describe Rose Waterford's intelligence?
(a) Perverse.
(b) Masculine.
(c) Rangy.
(d) Feminine.

5. What is the name of the crime novelist Strickland enjoys reading?
(a) Simone.
(b) Highsmith.
(c) Gaboriau.
(d) Conan Doyle.

6. What does Rose tell the author Charles Strickland has done?
(a) Runaway.
(b) Committed a murder.
(c) Killed himself.
(d) Beat his wife.

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

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

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

10. What does the author say Strickland is not good at?
(a) Painting.
(b) Joking.
(c) Talking.
(d) Writing.

11. What does the author say nature has made Dirk into?
(a) A playboy.
(b) A genius.
(c) A stunner.
(d) A buffoon.

12. Why does Mrs. Stroeve say she does not want Dirk to bring Strickland to the house?
(a) He is has no manners.
(b) He is a rogue.
(c) He frightens her.
(d) He is filthy.

13. What is Dirk's religion?
(a) Islam.
(b) Hinduism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Buddhism.

14. What does the author think Mrs. Strickland dreads?
(a) Scandal.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Death.
(d) Loneliness.

15. What game does Amy say Charles is great at?
(a) Polo.
(b) Bridge.
(c) Golf.
(d) Poker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dirk say he wants to help Strickland?

2. What does the plumber have on his left cheek?

3. Where did Mrs. Strickland's father used to take the family in August?

4. What does the author say the Stricklands owed?

5. What kind of smile does Stroeve say Strickland had in his eyes as he wrapped the parcel?

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