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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. What does Mrs. Eggelby promise Clovis at the end of "Clovis on Parental Responsibilities"?
(a) That she would insure that her son would come over.
(b) That he would never meet her son.
(c) That Clovis would be destroyed.
(d) That she would find Clovis a wife.

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

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

4. What ailment does Miss Gilpet state is fictitious?
(a) Depression.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Rheumatism.

5. Who is Esme?
(a) A child.
(b) A hyena.
(c) A friend of the Baroness.
(d) A favorite horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Packletide say that she will never hunt again?

2. According to "The Blood-Feud of Toad-Water," what attribute do both hen-folk and women-kind both fail possess?

3. Where does Adela Pingsford say the ox is?

4. What present does Reginald not want at all for Christmas?

5. Why does one go to the Academy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mrs. Olston so protective of the buzzards and their eggs?

2. What happens when Mrs. Packletide shot at the tiger?

3. Why did Reginald refuse to learn Russian geography at school?

4. What does the condemned man state is the reality of his punishment?

5. Why is Reginald trying to "forgive the furniture"?

6. Why does the Major, in "The Baker's Dozen," believe that if he and Mrs. Carewe would marry it would be unlucky?

7. How is the Brogue listed in sale catalogs?

8. What, according to Clovis, is different about his mother getting married "this time"?

9. What happens to cause a rift between Dora and Jane?

10. In "The Innocence of Reginald," what two things does Reginald believe fail to go together?

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