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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom had Elizabeth Barrett gone shopping when Flush was stolen?
(a) Mrs. Jameson.
(b) Miss Wilson.
(c) Arabel.
(d) Mary Graham Clarke.

2. When did Virginia Woolf die?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1962.

3. What kind woman would pause and take a sugared biscuit from her reticule when passing Flush?
(a) Miss Mitford.
(b) Miss Wilson.
(c) Miss Isa Blagden.
(d) Henrietta.

4. Mrs. Browning wrote of Flush in "Chapter 5: "Italy," "... it was in the world of ____ that Flush mostly lived."
(a) Sight.
(b) Sound.
(c) Taste.
(d) Smell.

5. When did Frederick Tennyson die?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1898.
(d) 1903.

6. What year was it when Flush was stolen?
(a) 1846.
(b) 1851.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1839.

7. What kind of dog who had been whining all night beside Flush on the floor was hauled off by a ruffian in a moleskin vest?
(a) Red Setter.
(b) Jack Russel Terrier.
(c) Saint Bernard.
(d) Greyhound.

8. What time did Flush return home after spending the night with the spotted spaniel in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) 9:00 a.m.
(b) 11:00 a.m.
(c) 6:30 a.m.
(d) 3:30 a.m.

9. Chapter 5: "Italy" begins in the middle of what month?
(a) November.
(b) August.
(c) June.
(d) March.

10. In describing the change that Elizabeth underwent in Chapter 5: "Italy," the author writes that when she "was tired she did not hail another cab; she sat on a stone and watched" what?
(a) The birds.
(b) The setting sun.
(c) The clouds.
(d) The lizards.

11. Who did Elizabeth Barrett Browning discover had died when she returned to Rome in 1860?
(a) Mary
(b) Henrietta.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Arabel.

12. Who had imported American rapping spirits to Knebworth?
(a) Mr. Kenyon.
(b) Mr. Landor.
(c) Mr. Thomas Beames.
(d) Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton.

13. What was the name of Virginia Woolf's father?
(a) Sir James Stephen..
(b) Sir Leslie Stephen.
(c) Sir Robert Stephen.
(d) Sir Fabian Stephen..

14. The author describes Mrs. Taylor as being ""fat enough to have had an easy _____________."
(a) Diet.
(b) Life.
(c) Conscience.
(d) Job.

15. One day on a walk with Mr. Browning, Flush was outraged to hear a neighbor whisper what word in his presence?
(a) "Wolf."
(b) "Mange."
(c) "Distemper."
(d) "Cat."

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long did Flush fall into a depression after Mrs. Browning gave birth in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

2. Who traveled on the train with Elizabeth and Flush in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

3. Who sent word that in his opinion it would be "an awful sin" to pay the ransom?

4. When did Elizabeth Barrett Browning die?

5. What did the giant cockatoo repeatedly say in the place where Flush was taken after being stolen?

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