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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It was January in what year that Miss Barrett received a letter unlike others?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1839.

2. What did Miss Barrett tell Flush after Mr. Browning left on the day that Flush first bit him?
(a) She was marrying Mr. Browning.
(b) She would send him back.
(c) She loved him.
(d) She would never love him again.

3. At what time did Mr. Browning always arrive to visit with Miss Barrett?
(a) 5:00.
(b) 2:30.
(c) 4:00.
(d) 3:40.

4. What was the date when Flush first decided to oust Mr. Browning by biting him on the leg?
(a) July 8.
(b) September 30.
(c) April 17.
(d) May 22.

5. What confused Flush about Miss Barrett's room?
(a) The furniture.
(b) The rug.
(c) The cat.
(d) The window.

6. After punishing Flush, what did Miss Barrett do that Fluff considered "of calculated and deliberate malice"?
(a) Went for a walk.
(b) Put Mr. Browning's flowers in a vase.
(c) Beat Flush.
(d) Sent Flush to Miss Wilson.

7. Who was lying on the sofa by Elizabeth Barrett when Flush was finally summoned from the kitchen after biting Mr. Browning?
(a) Arabel.
(b) Henrietta.
(c) Miss Mitford.
(d) Miss Wilson.

8. What figure of speech is represented by "... just as a river, though it reflects still trees and grazing cows and rooks returning to the tree-tops, moves inevitably to a waterfall, so those days, Flush knew, were moving to catastrophe"?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Simile.

9. Miss Barrett wrote that Flush loved her more than ___________.
(a) Other dogs.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Steak.

10. Flush was a descendant of what red Cocker Spaniel of note?
(a) Bear.
(b) Denali.
(c) Linus.
(d) Tray.

11. Flush became a father before he was how old in Chapter One: "Three Mile Cross"?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 1 year.

12. After Flush was bitten by the Cuban Bloodhound, Miss Barrett remarked that Flush was no __________.
(a) Acrobat.
(b) Fighter.
(c) Menace.
(d) Hero.

13. Flush concluded that "Where there are flower beds there are _____________."
(a) Asphalt paths.
(b) Pieces of garbage.
(c) Bugs and worms.
(d) Too many people.

14. What is one of the features considered undesirable in Spaniels, according to the author?
(a) Uncurled ears.
(b) Dark eyes.
(c) A top-knot.
(d) A dark nose.

15. Who is described as a "stout, well-groomed elderly gentleman, radiating benevolence" in Chapter 2?
(a) Mr. Kenyon.
(b) Mr. Taylor.
(c) Mr. Boyd.
(d) Mr. Barrett.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Elizabeth Barrett's address when Flush was taken to her in Chapter One: "Three Mile Cross"?

2. What made the biggest impression on Flush when he was taken to Elizabeth Barrett's home in Chapter One: "Three Mile Cross"?

3. What was Elizabeth Barrett's father's name?

4. The voice that called Flush's name after Miss Mitford left was from a woman lying ___________.

5. What did Miss Barrett mistakenly think of Flush as when he looked in the mirror in Chapter 2?

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