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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What skills does Mrs. Dempster lack because she grew up with servants?

2. In the Fall of 1919, what school does Dunstan enter?

3. What is the name for someone who is a know it all?

4. Why does Amasa Dempster refuse to prosecute the man Mrs. Dempster was found with?

5. Who does the Deptford magistrate believe threw the snowball at Mrs. Dempster?

Short Essay Questions

1. Boy gives stock tips to Dunstan that help him increase his wealth, but also cause Dunstan to feel what emotions towards Boy?

2. Why is Dunstan unwilling to marry any woman?

3. Why does the narrator recall the date the story begins so clearly?

4. When he is presented the V.C. award by the King, what does Dunstable think about heroes?

5. Why does Dunny develop the habit of keeping secrets?

6. What does Reverend Dempster pray about often?

7. What steps does Leola take in order to be the wife that Boy wants her to be?

8. What words from Mrs. Dempster come back to Dunstable when he is lying wounded in the church?

9. Although Dunstan's family is not rich, why do they hold a position of privilege in the town?

10. Why do the villagers decide that Mrs. Dempster is "simple?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Liesl calls Dunstan one of the "twice-born." What does this mean? Do you agree or disagree with Liesl's characterization of Dunstan? Please support your answer with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Padre Blazon asks Dunstan who his devil is when Dunstan goes and visits him for the last time in Europe. How does Padre Blazon define a "devil," and, using that definition, is Liel really Dunstan's devil, or is it someone else? Why? Please explain your answer with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 1, Percy Staunton is referred to as the narrator's "lifelong friend and enemy." Using examples from the book, which would you say Percy was to the narrator - a friend or an enemy?

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