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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the lawyer comment to Miss Alice, "that will be our bird of prey?"
(a) The Cardinal's innocence.
(b) To the birds flying around outside.
(c) To the butler eavesdropping.
(d) To a knock at the door.

2. Why does Miss Alice play this game?
(a) She merely wanted a little lightness to counter the gravity of their encounter, for the transfer of millions is indeed a weighty matter.
(b) She needs some physical activity.
(c) She wants Julian to feel welcome.
(d) She is bored.

3. What is Miss Alice's response when Julian tries to explain to her that he wondered if he imagined so many things or whether so many things he thought had come to play in his imagination?
(a) She suggests that he may just be describing what passes for sanity.
(b) She finds him a perfect candidate for the priesthood.
(c) She wants to take him back to the asylum.
(d) She thinks he is still insane.

4. What do the two discuss about the details of this creation?
(a) Whether or not there might be another model of the room inside the model's library, and so on and so on.
(b) When the church was built.
(c) How many birds are in the estuary.
(d) Whether or not there is a more beautiful garden in the country.

5. What happens to the conversation.
(a) It settles down.
(b) It turns into a brawl.
(c) It gets even uglier.
(d) It suddenly ends.

6. About what do they continue to rib each other?
(a) Their school yard nicknames.
(b) Their love of birds.
(c) Their strange clothing.
(d) Their mistresses.

7. " God the creator, not the God _______________," he says.
(a) Who destroys.
(b) Of creation.
(c) Created by man.
(d) Who hates.

8. What, at last, occurs?
(a) A fight.
(b) They cry and hug.
(c) They stop fighting and apologize.
(d) A break in this ugly dialogue.

9. How does Julian describe his loss of faith?
(a) He woke up one morning and no longer had faith.
(b) He let contact with his faith slip away, seeding a deep sadness.
(c) It was a slow, gradual, and painful loss.
(d) He lost his faith when his parents died.

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

11. Why is Julian part of this trio?
(a) The lawyer has such disdain for the Cardinal that the lawyer does not want the Cardinal's personal participation in the activities related to Miss Alice's grant to the church.
(b) They believe Miss Alice would enjoy his company.
(c) They want Julian to feel comfortable around them.
(d) Julian would make a good addition to their group.

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

13. What is the most intriguing element?
(a) The cardinals flying around.
(b) The fountain in the middle of the garden.
(c) The crucifix hanging above the altar.
(d) A huge dollhouse model of the mansion.

14. What does the first man do in an attempt to fend off his feelings about being caught?
(a) 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.
(b) He runs away.
(c) He begs the Cardinal to leave him alone.
(d) He argues with the Cardinal.

15. What does the butler do at the sound of the chime?
(a) He moves to escort Julian to see Miss Alice.
(b) He answers the door.
(c) He tells Julian it is time to leave.
(d) He leaves the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is cooing and talking to the birds, trying to engage them to interact with him?

2. Why is Julian confused about Miss Alice's deafness, withered face, and gray and white matted hair?

3. What does Miss Alice say about the chairs in the various rooms?

4. How does Julian respond to Miss Alice's game?

5. Not to be outdone, what does the second person sling back?

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