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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 is making the noise Mother hears when she gets home from the party?
(a) A mouse.
(b) The rocking horse.
(c) Paul.
(d) The trees outside.

2. How is Paul's expression after Mother's birthday described?
(a) Glazed over.
(b) Angry.
(c) Penitent.
(d) Confused.

3. Who does Mother contact while at the party?
(a) The nanny.
(b) Paul.
(c) Oscar.
(d) Her father.

4. What does Paul do after saying something to his mother after the party?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Vomits.
(c) Dies.
(d) Collapses.

5. What does Paul bet on to make money?
(a) Dogs.
(b) All of these.
(c) Poker games.
(d) Horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Paul win at the Lincoln races?

2. Why does Paul refuse his trip after his Mother's birthday?

3. What does Paul do during the big race?

4. When did Mother last have the luxury she got for herself in the winter?

5. How does Paul describe the changes in his life after his mother gets the money she wants?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is symbolic in Paul's death?

2. What does Mother say caused her family a lot of grief when she was younger?

3. What does Mother get for her birthday?

4. What happens at the Derby?

5. What initially worries Mother about Paul?

6. Why isn't Paul personally present at the Derby?

7. What does Mother show by the way she reacts to her birthday gift?

8. What causes Mother to become more connected to Paul?

9. What is Paul hoping to hear from the house after his mother gets her birthday present?

10. What does Mother do when she gets her birthday present?

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