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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Part 2, Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Carpenter believes that Tolkien may have substituted his mother with what?
(a) His love for Edith.
(b) His writing.
(c) His friends.
(d) His faith in the Catholic Church.

2. Part one relays details of what?
(a) Humphrey Carpenter's visit to Ronald Tolkien in 1977.
(b) Humphrey Carpenter's visit to Ronald Tolkien in 1947.
(c) Humphrey Carpenter's visit to Ronald Tolkien in 1957.
(d) Humphrey Carpenter's visit to Ronald Tolkien in 1967.

3. What happens in 1895 when Mabel and the boys return to England for a visit?
(a) Arthur Tolkien says they can stay.
(b) Mabel Tolkien says she is not leaving England.
(c) Mabel Tolkien's health begins to fail.
(d) Arthur Tolkien's health begins to fail.

4. How is this conversion received by her family?
(a) Not well.
(b) Well.
(c) Fairly well.
(d) Very well.

5. Why does Mabel have to be hospitalized?
(a) There is no one to care for her at home.
(b) She is very contagious.
(c) There is no treatment for Diabetes at this time.
(d) She will need to receive treatment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has been converted into an office?

2. The small sum of money that had been invested by Arthur would only bring an income of ___________________ per week, an amount that is barely enough to sustain the family at the poverty level.

3. Tolkien is in the process of working on what?

4. In 1891 Mabel Suffield leaves her family in Birmingham to travel where?

5. At the Oratory, who does Mabel Tolkien meet?

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