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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 technique of remembering is successful for the Duke?
(a) Writing things down.
(b) Smells and sounds.
(c) Recording his thoughts.
(d) Thinking backward.

2. What is the date of the first journal entry?
(a) September 28th.
(b) September 29th.
(c) October 1sr.
(d) September 30th.

3. According to Mr. Bird, what is the Duke's reputation among the townspeople?
(a) Generous.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Mean.
(d) Eccentric.

4. What type of work does Mr. Bowen do for the Duke?
(a) Landscaping.
(b) Manufactures ornaments for the tunnel system.
(c) Gamekeeper.
(d) Carriage driver.

5. How many children does Fanny Adelaide have?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Bird feel about the rumors about the Duke?

2. What does Mr. Bowen admit to doing at the pub?

3. How long does the tunnel system take to build?

4. Whose point of view is added in after the Duke's journal entries?

5. In addition to the woman who rums the laundry room, how many girls work there?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the underground tunnel system?

2. What is the significance of reading Mr. Bird's point of view within the Duke's journal?

3. Why does the Duke think he must escape his estate quickly?

4. What thoughts does the memory of a dead sparrow bring to the Duke?

5. How could one explain the rumor of the Duke being horribly deformed?

6. What information do the accounts of Mr. Grimshaw and Bowen provide the reader?

7. What do the Oakely sisters tell the Duke concerning the beef essence?

8. How large are the tunnels in the underground tunnel system?

9. Why does it seem that Mr. Bird does not mind the Duke's eccentricities?

10. What does the Duke think about trying the beef essence?

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