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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Julian ask whether or not someone will soon be available?
(a) To see him for his appointment.
(b) To take photographs of him and the birds.
(c) To get a tour of the garden.
(d) To confess his sins.

2. What is in massive scale?
(a) The room.
(b) The chairs.
(c) The flowers.
(d) The crosses.

3. Where does this scene open?
(a) In the dining room of a mansion.
(b) In the garden.
(c) In a library of a mansion.
(d) In the chapel.

4. How does the man react at having been discovered cooing to the caged birds?
(a) Not surprised.
(b) Flustered and a bit embarrassed.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

5. What does Julian think about how men use God?
(a) He is not bothered by it.
(b) He tries not to think about it.
(c) He struggles with it.
(d) He is outraged by it.

6. What does the first man do in an attempt to fend off his feelings about being caught?
(a) He begs the Cardinal to leave him alone.
(b) He argues with the Cardinal.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He overcompensates with his behavior toward the Cardinal, kneeling to kiss his ring and addressing him in the third person to keep the situation and conversation impersonal.

7. Who enters the courtyard through an iron gate and moves quietly toward the man and watches him with mild amusement?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) Julian.
(c) The Cardinal.
(d) Miss Alice.

8. What does Julian believe about his faith and his sanity?
(a) They are weak.
(b) They are one in the same.
(c) They are two separate entities.
(d) They are strong.

9. Who is studying this creation from all angles?
(a) The Cardinal.
(b) Julian.
(c) Miss Alice.
(d) The lawyer.

10. What will Julian do for Miss Alice?
(a) Train her to be a priest.
(b) Love her.
(c) Take care of the menial details of her philanthropic bargain.
(d) Allow her to stay in her home.

11. How does Miss Alice challenge Julian?
(a) To know more about his life.
(b) To an arm wrestling competition.
(c) To tell him what he thinks of her.
(d) She asks him why he is a lay brother and not a priest.

12. Julian is intrigued by the butler's coincidence. How does the Butler feel?
(a) Nonplussed about almost everything.
(b) Unsure about Julian.
(c) Just as excited.
(d) Sad.

13. What kind of conversation does the trio enter?
(a) Of mixed messages and misunderstandings.
(b) A light-hearted one.
(c) A serious one.
(d) Banter and jabs at each other's looks and interests.

14. How does Miss Alice say hello?
(a) In a cracked and ancient voice.
(b) In a bright, cheery voice.
(c) In a soft, smooth voice.
(d) In a piercing, high-pitched voice.

15. Because the mansion is so large, what must she do?
(a) Spend a day in each room to feel that it is used.
(b) Hire someone to clean it.
(c) Feel ownership of at least one item in each room.
(d) Keep track of all the furniture, to make sure none goes missing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the conversation.

2. What does Julian find ironic about staying in the section of the asylum that is for people who are only mildly troubled?

3. To what are the second man's words compared?

4. What would she like to do for the church for twenty years?

5. What does the butler do?

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