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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Penelope and Michael arrange for their first official "date," according to the narrator in "Like Skiers on a Mountainside"?
(a) Friday at 7:00.
(b) Sunday at 3:00.
(c) Saturday at 6:00.
(d) Saturday at 4:00.

2. In what month did Penelope arrive in Australia?
(a) November.
(b) June.
(c) March.
(d) February.

3. How old is Tommy described as in "Warming Up the Clay Way"?
(a) 13.
(b) 16.
(c) 20.
(d) 18.

4. How old was Michael when he looked up Albert Einstein and found him to be inspiring?
(a) 11.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.

5. What is the name of the gray and black tabby cat described in "The Greeks Got Him"?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Homer.
(c) Hector.
(d) Achilles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Michael and Abbey rent a small house when they returned to the city after marrying?

2. On what street did Michael grow up in Featherton?

3. What was the name of the red cattle dog Michael had as a teen?

4. What was Michael's favorite television series as a kid?

5. How did Penelope break her nose on the night before her wedding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led to the end of Michael's relationship with Abbey?

2. How did Michael Dunbar first meet Abbey Hanley?

3. How did Penelope react upon learning of Abbey?

4. How did Michael propose to Penelope? How did she respond?

5. What is revealed in the letters Clay receives in Part 4?

6. What did Michael do after his mother died? Why?

7. How is Clay greeted upon returning to the Dunbar home in Part 4?

8. Where is the Murderer when Matthew finds him in the house in Part 1? What is he doing?

9. Where did Penelope go after fleeing the Eastern Bloc as a refugee?

10. What essential information is related in the prologue of the novel?

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