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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. How much money has Paul made with Barrett?
(a) 2,500 pounds.
(b) 500 pounds.
(c) 3,500 pounds.
(d) 1,500 pounds.

2. What place does Paul's first bet take?
(a) First.
(b) Third.
(c) Second.
(d) Last.

3. Who often buys toys for the children?
(a) Father.
(b) Paul.
(c) The nanny.
(d) Mother.

4. How does Barrett describe Paul's talent?
(a) Maniacal.
(b) Managable.
(c) Magical.
(d) Mystical.

5. What impresses Paul's uncle about Paul?
(a) His intensity.
(b) His height.
(c) His endurance.
(d) His intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Paul's favorite toy kept?

2. What bothers Joan about what Paul and Barrett talk about?

3. What does Paul's uncle ask Barrett about?

4. What does Paul tell his uncle he knows a lot about?

5. What does Paul's uncle call him when he sees Paul with his favorite toy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Oscar respond when he sees what Paul's first bet at the horse races is?

2. Why is Paul so interested in horse racing?

3. When does Barrett make his biggest bets?

4. Why does Mother say she is so poor?

5. How does Paul play with his favorite toy?

6. What do the children all sense about their mother even with her attempts to hide it?

7. How do Paul's sisters feel when they watch him play with his favorite toy?

8. What does Mother consider her biggest mistake?

9. How does Mother feel about her children?

10. What does the house say to the children?

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