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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what month does Matthew describe the Murderer arriving in "Portrait of a Killer as a Middle-Aged Man"?
(a) March.
(b) April.
(c) January.
(d) February.
2. What was Emil Zatopek legendary as?
(a) A computer scientist.
(b) A painter.
(c) A long-distance runner.
(d) A mechanical engineer.
3. What is the name of the border collie that is described in "Warming Up the Clay Way"?
(a) Rosy.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Hector.
(d) Moon.
4. What book did Clay know Carey Novac was reading in "The Forces are Displayed"?
(a) The Odyssey.
(b) The Quarryman.
(c) The Master Weaver.
(d) The Iliad.
5. What was Michael's mother's profession?
(a) She was a schoolteacher.
(b) She was a baker.
(c) She was a receptionist.
(d) She was a nurse.
6. Which of his brothers does Matthew describe as "the invincible one: The human ball and chain" in "Barbarians" (25)?
(a) Rory.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Clay.
(d) Henry.
7. To what is Michael Dunbar's house compared through metaphor in "The Corridor" (134)?
(a) A castle.
(b) A hunchback.
(c) An open sky.
(d) A mountain.
8. Who is the woman that gave Matthew directions to the Merchisons' home in "Before the Beginning"?
(a) Marie.
(b) Daphne.
(c) Abbey.
(d) Sarah.
9. How long did Penelope have to wait to be granted asylum after fleeing the Eastern Bloc?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 4 months.
10. What was the name of Penelope's father?
(a) Woychek.
(b) Walter.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Waldek.
11. How many pages comprised the stack called "THE OLD PLAN" in "The Clay Stack"?
(a) 213 pages.
(b) 100 pages.
(c) 25 pages.
(d) 113 pages.
12. What was the first thing Penelope bought after arriving in Australia?
(a) A can of RAID.
(b) A can of Baygon.
(c) A can of paint.
(d) A can of Windex.
13. What movie was Matthew watching when Clay returned home in "The Violence of Brothers"?
(a) Rain Man.
(b) The Bachelor Party.
(c) Turner and Hutch.
(d) Gremilns.
14. Who was the postman that Michael helped at the door in "The Murderer Wasn't Always a Murderer"?
(a) Mr. Harty.
(b) Mr. Jade.
(c) Mr. Combs.
(d) Mr. Kimble.
15. In "Bernborough," Matthew says, "On days like these, Henry had rules" (27). What was the first rule?
(a) "There had to be cigarettes."
(b) "There had to be air-conditioning."
(c) "There had to be beer."
(d) "There had to be fighitng."
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the third-eldest Dunbar brother?
2. At what time does Matthew say the Murderer arrived in "Portrait of a Killer as a Middle-Aged Man"?
3. Where did Clay find the scrap of paper with his father's address on it in "The Forces are Displayed"?
4. What is described as "the oddest part about the calendar" that was in the donation box sent to Michael (141)?
5. What did Penelope describe her father's face turning into when she boarded the train on her departure from the Eastern Bloc?
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