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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why does Miss Alice play this game?
(a) She is bored.
(b) She wants Julian to feel welcome.
(c) She merely wanted a little lightness to counter the gravity of their encounter, for the transfer of millions is indeed a weighty matter.
(d) She needs some physical activity.
2. Julian says "It is God the mover, not God ______________."
(a) The frozen.
(b) The maker.
(c) The puppet.
(d) The shaker.
3. How does Julian describe his loss of faith?
(a) He lost his faith when his parents died.
(b) He woke up one morning and no longer had faith.
(c) It was a slow, gradual, and painful loss.
(d) He let contact with his faith slip away, seeding a deep sadness.
4. What are of the expected variety in a place of this grandeur?
(a) The beautiful, exotic birds flying about.
(b) A great arched doorway and the furnishings.
(c) The hand-embroidered banners hanging along the walls.
(d) The beautiful, rare roses.
5. What would she like to do for the church for twenty years?
(a) Teach Sunday school every week.
(b) Make a new robe for the priest every year.
(c) Spend one day a month working for a charity.
(d) Give one hundred million dollars a year.
6. What kind of conversation does the trio enter?
(a) A light-hearted one.
(b) A serious one.
(c) Banter and jabs at each other's looks and interests.
(d) Of mixed messages and misunderstandings.
7. What does the first man insinuate about the second man?
(a) The inappropriate relationship between the lawyer and Miss Alice.
(b) An inappropriate relationship between the Cardinal and his assistant.
(c) The inappropriate relationship between the Cardinal and Miss Alice.
(d) The inappropriate relationship between Miss Alice and the assistant.
8. What is said about the appropriateness of the two cardinals?
(a) They are best friends, just like the lawyer and Cardinal.
(b) There should be two in such close quarters in that particular location.
(c) They are as dull as the Cardinal.
(d) They are the same color as the Cardinal.
9. What are both the butler and the lawyer, who have known each other for some time, quite eager to do?
(a) Become friends with Julian.
(b) Leave Julian alone.
(c) Find Miss Alice and introduce her to Julian.
(d) Pry and prey on this fresh specimen.
10. What does Miss Alice do when Julian tries to explain one more time that there is nothing much to tell, and it is simply a matter of his faith in God leaving him, and he committed himself to an asylum?
(a) She moves on to a new topic.
(b) She does not agree with him.
(c) She will not let go of it.
(d) She argues with him.
11. How does this observer address the man who is cooing at the birds?
(a) Birdlover.
(b) Saint Francis.
(c) Sissy.
(d) Saint Michael.
12. What does the butler share about himself with Julian?
(a) He does not enjoy being a butler.
(b) His name is also Julian.
(c) His name, as well as his occupation, is Butler.
(d) He is at Julian's service.
13. What would Miss Alice like to do for the church?
(a) Teach Sunday school.
(b) Make new clothing for the priests.
(c) Give a huge donation.
(d) Donate her time to a charity.
14. How does Julian respond to Miss Alice's game?
(a) With astonishment.
(b) With desire.
(c) With embarrassment.
(d) With anger.
15. How does Miss Alice say hello?
(a) In a piercing, high-pitched voice.
(b) In a cracked and ancient voice.
(c) In a soft, smooth voice.
(d) In a bright, cheery voice.
Short Answer Questions
1. What question does Miss Alice ask that shocks Julian?
2. What becomes evident about the two men as the conversation shifts?
3. What does the Butler point out?
4. How does the butler feel about listening to Julian?
5. Why is Julian confused about Miss Alice's deafness, withered face, and gray and white matted hair?
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