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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have none of Marion Eggelby's children been brought up to play?
(a) Boule.
(b) Cards.
(c) Draughts.
(d) Croquet.

2. What type of hen has come between Jane and Dora?
(a) A Sussex.
(b) A Golden Comet.
(c) A Leghorn.
(d) A Barred Rock.

3. What is the name of the Mullets' daughter that Mr. Penricarde admires?
(a) Mathilda.
(b) Beth.
(c) Jessie.
(d) Mary.

4. Over how many countries is the condemned man sought?
(a) 5.
(b) 13.
(c) 2.
(d) 25.

5. What instruments announces Mrs. Packletide's successful kill?
(a) Tom-toms.
(b) Horns.
(c) Didgeridoo.
(d) Djembe.

6. What is wrong with Vanessa Pennington's husband?
(a) He was poor.
(b) He was an abuser.
(c) He was too thin.
(d) He was ill.

7. What kind of party is Reginald persuaded to go to?
(a) A garden party.
(b) A tea party.
(c) A birthday party.
(d) A surprise party.

8. What does the narrator, in "Reginald's Rubaiyat," come to realize while they were in the bathroom?
(a) They needed to pay a debt.
(b) They wanted to be a poet.
(c) They needed to buy a gift.
(d) They wanted to get married.

9. What does Reginald want to write a book about?
(a) His mother.
(b) Travel.
(c) Relationships with older women.
(d) Personal reminiscences.

10. What poetic device does Reginald use in the first line of his poem on peace?
(a) Personification.
(b) Assonance.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Metaphors.

11. What does Mrs. Packletide do with the dead tiger?
(a) Made a rug to keep in her home.
(b) Mounted the head to keep in her home.
(c) Gave it to the villagers.
(d) Made a fur coat out of the hide.

12. Who does the former farmer marry?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A lion-tamer's widow.
(c) A madame of a brothel.
(d) His best friend's daughter.

13. What happens to the rich Armenian who refused Mr. Lammer's request?
(a) He was thrown over the cliffs.
(b) He was shot and left to die.
(c) He was run over by a carriage.
(d) He was beaten nearly to death.

14. How many children does Emily have?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 13.

15. What kind of wine does Reginald bring for the Duchess to drink when they are at the Carlton?
(a) Chablis.
(b) Port.
(c) Merlot.
(d) Claret.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who "harms" the buzzards at the end of "The Forbidden Buzzards"?

2. What does Emily accuse all men of being?

3. What does the condemned man, in "The Lost Sanjak," want as consolation?

4. What age was the Baroness at the time of "Esme"?

5. How many hands tall is the Brogue?

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