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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. Why is Lena concerned about her husband's plans for Easter?
(a) The inhabitants do not like foreigners.
(b) Too expensive.
(c) She had a bad experience there.
(d) The city is in a battle.

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

3. What suggested Dimitri's "death" for Dr. Stronetz?
(a) A panic attack.
(b) A tale from long ago.
(c) A medical journal.
(d) Dimitri's eyes.

4. What bird does the narrator see circling over the top of an oak-corpse?
(a) Hawks.
(b) Great egrets.
(c) Cliff flycatchers.
(d) Vultures.

5. To whom does James Cushat-Prinkley plan on proposing to?
(a) Joan.
(b) Martha.
(c) Betty.
(d) Cindy.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what street does Francesca Bassington live?

2. What does Dr. Stronetz offer to Dimitri to speed his inevitable death?

3. What does Comus give to Greyson to allow him to "toss"?

4. What bird, according to "Birds on the Western Front," is attracted to the rats and mice?

5. Why is Dimitri going to be killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Francesca's most prized possession?

2. What does the poultry farmer say that he has done to solve the round problem of eggs?

3. What does poultry farmer consider to be the one draw back of eggs?

4. What is the last action in "The Death Trap"?

5. Why were the magpies restricted to where they could build their nests? ("Birds on the Western Front.")

6. What news does James Cushat-Prinkly have for his family at the end of "Tea"?

7. What is the legend surrounding the castle in "The Wolves of Cernogratz"?

8. Why is there no system of reward in Hell?

9. What does Saki say he will do about giving the poultry farmer a loan to get back his hens?

10. Why does Merla Blathington love Bond Street?

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