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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. What are Visitors called in VICTORIAN WEEKEND?
(a) Mistresses and Masters.
(b) Nobles.
(c) Lords and Ladies.
(d) Royals.

2. What is implied about Amy when she tells the crowd that Brian informed on Tom "To me. Just now. Immediately" (11)?
(a) She is unsure that her job is a useful one.
(b) She is a brusque, no-nonsense kind of person.
(c) She is in love with Brian.
(d) She is not a confident liar.

3. Who does Brian see Tom Frame mating with?
(a) Gwen.
(b) Layla.
(c) Amy.
(d) Shirley.

4. When Brian goes for a walk along the creek to think, what does he see being repaired?
(a) Ducks.
(b) The vending machines.
(c) Fish.
(d) Bridge C.

5. What is the "DisaHole" (5)?
(a) The duct that connects the underground workhouses to the surface.
(b) The painted section of wall that the creek seems to flow into.
(c) The vacuum tube where dead bodies are disposed of.
(d) The hole that Tom vanishes through during his act.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word do the people in the story use to mean "inform"?

2. What accent is Ann Frame expected to use at her job?

3. What is unusual about the elm tree that Brian leans against while he is thinking about what happened to Rolph?

4. What is the wall behind Brian at work meant to resemble?

5. What is the name of Brian's workhouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Brian tell the reader that they are usually "swamped" with Visitors, and what does this imply about the relationship between narrator and reader?

2. Who does Brian see mating in the Room, and why is he surprised?

3. On page 7, what does Brian find when he rushes from the creek over to Bowling to see what the commotion is?

4. In what way does Brian participate in Rolph's death, and how does he feel about it?

5. Where does the story open, and what is happening?

6. What indication is there in the text that Brian's interpretation of "friendship" might be different from the reader's?

7. What is ironic about Tom's behavior when Amy confronts him about the letter?

8. How do Brian's feelings about Amy change over the course of their time together in the Room?

9. What is in Tom's note to Brian, and how does Brian react to the note?

10. What is the source of Ann and Tom Frame's marital troubles?

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