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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the word "eisteddfod" translated into English in "The Mistake Maker"?
(a) Carriage.
(b) Suitcase.
(c) Concert.
(d) Train.

2. How long after meeting did Penelope and Michael Dunbar marry?
(a) 1 year and 7 months.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 year and 2 months.

3. What did Penelope and Michael do with Michael's paintings of Abbey when they married?
(a) They gave them away.
(b) They burned them.
(c) They kept them.
(d) They sold them.

4. What name did Penelope die with, according to the narrator in "The Mistake Maker"?
(a) Penelope Lesciuszko.
(b) Penny Hanley.
(c) Penny Dunbar.
(d) The Birthday Girl.

5. Who was the man that gave Penelope money to call her father from the pay phone in "The Birthday Girl"?
(a) Waldek.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Tadek.
(d) Michael.

6. What book did Clay know Carey Novac was reading in "The Forces are Displayed"?
(a) The Quarryman.
(b) The Odyssey.
(c) The Master Weaver.
(d) The Iliad.

7. How did Michael propose to Penelope?
(a) He got on his knee at a disco.
(b) He painted his proposal on her piano keys.
(c) He painted his proposal on her mirror.
(d) He painted a proposal on canvas and placed it in her room.

8. How did Penelope break her nose on the night before her wedding?
(a) She was in a car accident.
(b) She fell on the sidewalk.
(c) She walked into a steel post.
(d) She was punched.

9. What song did Penelope play on the piano after breaking her nose?
(a) Carmina Burana.
(b) The Four Seasons.
(c) Moonlight Sonata.
(d) Canon in D.

10. How was Michael Dunbar's dog killed?
(a) It drowned in a flood.
(b) It was bitten by a snake.
(c) It was hit by a car.
(d) It was shot.

11. What color was Abbey Hanley's hair?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

12. On what street is the Dunbar home described as having been located?
(a) Archer Street.
(b) Miller Street.
(c) Pepper Street.
(d) Archibald Street.

13. Who is referred to as "the moneymaker, the friendly one" in "Warming Up the Clay Way" (19)?
(a) Rory.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Clay.
(d) Henry.

14. To what is the sun in Australia compared through metaphor in the beginning of "The Mistake Maker"?
(a) A rocket.
(b) The Grim Reaper.
(c) A dragon.
(d) A Viking.

15. Where did Clay go in the city in "The Traditionalist"?
(a) To Carey's home.
(b) To his brother's house.
(c) To his high school.
(d) To his mother's grave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the postman that Michael helped at the door in "The Murderer Wasn't Always a Murderer"?

2. What color are Michael's mother's glasses described as in "The Murderer Wasn't Always a Murderer"?

3. What is the title of Part 3 of the novel?

4. At least how many children did Penelope tell Michael she wanted?

5. What was the second thing Penelope bought after arriving in Australia?

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