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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does "The Square Egg" define through the following :"a sort of compound between a wine-shop and a coffee-house?
(a) Casucha.
(b) Estaminet.
(c) Vientre.
(d) Tienda.

2. What "system" does Hell lack?
(a) A system of balance.
(b) A system of rewards.
(c) A system of conscience.
(d) A system of power.

3. Which bird does the Russian naturalists state has disappeared?
(a) Rooks.
(b) All of them.
(c) Wild pigeons.
(d) Larks.

4. What gift does Harvey Bope give to his nephews on Easter?
(a) A fort model.
(b) A Somali camel-corps.
(c) A collection of soldiers.
(d) A municipal dust-bin.

5. At the end of "The Square Egg," what did the narrator state he is going to do?
(a) Kill all of the hens.
(b) Start a square-egg hen hatchery.
(c) Finance the man's business.
(d) Marry the aunt.

6. Who warns Dimitri that he must leave the castle or be killed?
(a) Dr. Stronetz.
(b) Vontieff.
(c) Shultz.
(d) Girnitza.

7. Which bird is associated with sorrow?
(a) The dove.
(b) The heron.
(c) The finch.
(d) The magpie.

8. On what street does Francesca Bassington live?
(a) Main Street.
(b) Follower's Way.
(c) Blue Street.
(d) Corner Street.

9. Where is the train heading in "The Disappearance of Crispina Umbreleigh"?
(a) St. Albans.
(b) Kent.
(c) Gamanwood.
(d) Balkanwood.

10. Which birds hover "in the hottest parts of the line"?
(a) Blue-black pheasants.
(b) Capuchins.
(c) Kestrels.
(d) Black skimmers.

11. What is the name of the theater that both Comus and the author of "The Woman Who Wished it was Wednesday" were at?
(a) Straw Exchange Theater.
(b) Kildonan Theater.
(c) Strawberry Hill Grande Theater.
(d) Devonshire Theater.

12. According to the Baroness Gruebel , what will happen if someone is to die in the castle?
(a) The animals of the lands would circle the village.
(b) The dogs and beasts of the forest would howl all night.
(c) The wolves would all go to the river to bathe.
(d) The dogs of the village would attack their owners.

13. Who owns the hen that "The victim of war" spoke of?
(a) His sister.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His brother.

14. What does Dimitri tell Stronetz to look out the window at?
(a) The plains covered with ferns.
(b) The eagles soaring over the trees.
(c) The fairyland of mountains.
(d) The clear and majestic river.

15. Where is an exhibition of proper toys to be displayed?
(a) The town square.
(b) London Museum.
(c) The Commons.
(d) The Hague.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Courtenay Youghal's "plum-roan gelding" win a prize?

2. According to "The victim of war," what kind of hen produces a square egg?

3. At what time, in Amalie's tale, would wolves begin to howl?

4. How old was Dimitri when he came to the throne?

5. Where does Lena Strudwarden wish to spend Easter?

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