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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which poet does Bernard compare himself to the point of attempting imitation in Section 3?
(a) Robert Burns.
(b) Lord Byron.
(c) John Keats.
(d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

2. Who provides an elaborate description of bathing at the end of the day?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Louis.

3. Who does Bernard refer to as "the authentics" in Section 4?
(a) Louis and Rhoda.
(b) Jinny and Susan.
(c) Neville and Jinny.
(d) Susan and Rhoda.

4. Who is this Section 4's opening speaker?
(a) Percival.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Louis.
(d) Bernard.

5. Which of the children struggles with mathematics?
(a) Susan.
(b) Louis.
(c) Neville.
(d) Rhoda.

6. In Section 4, how would you characterize the characters' attitude towards each other?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Generally negative.
(c) Mostly favorable.
(d) Elation.

7. Who tells Rhoda in Section 1 that someone has arrived to pick her up?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Louis.
(c) Mrs. Constable.
(d) Percival.

8. In Section 2, Miss Lambert sits under a picture of whom?
(a) King James I.
(b) Queen Elizabeth.
(c) Queen Alexandra.
(d) Queen Victoria.

9. What does Bernard acknowledge about his and the other boys' first night at school?
(a) That it is the first time far from home.
(b) That it is the first time apart from their sisters.
(c) That it is the first time sleeping in a new place.
(d) That it is the first time apart from their parents.

10. In Section 3, what common action does Jinny find "strange"?
(a) Exercising.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Eating.
(d) Crying.

11. How does Rhoda characterize herself at the end of Section 3?
(a) As a woman.
(b) As a fighter.
(c) As a lover.
(d) As a girl.

12. What is Louis's profession when the reader encounters him in Section 3?
(a) Banker.
(b) Poet.
(c) Chef.
(d) Clerk.

13. Who is enamored with the light caused by Miss Lambert's ring?
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Biddy.
(d) Susan.

14. What is significant about what day it is at the end of Section 2?
(a) It is the boys' last day at school.
(b) It is the last day of the boys' first term at school.
(c) It is the last day of summer.
(d) It is the boys' first day of their second year at school.

15. Which of the female characters does Neville express respect for?
(a) Susan.
(b) Biddy.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Rhoda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first of the female speakers in Section 3?

2. Who utters Section 4's final words, "Now Percival is gone"?

3. What is the name of the boys' headmaster?

4. How old is Rhoda in Section 3?

5. What physical feature does Rhoda struggle to identify on others?

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