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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. How does Pompey Jones create havoc in the house?
(a) He steals food.
(b) He stratches the furniture.
(c) He moves furniture.
(d) He leaves dirty magazines.

2. Who does Dr. Potter tell Beatrice a story about?
(a) A baker.
(b) A monk.
(c) A potter.
(d) A hermit.

3. What does Dr. Potter say frightened Annie out of her wits?
(a) Pompey's frog.
(b) The tiger rug.
(c) Pompey's horse.
(d) The Persian rug.

4. What kind of neighborhood is St. James Mount?
(a) An immigrant neighborhood.
(b) A lower class neighborhood.
(c) An upper class neighborhood.
(d) A middle class neighborhood.

5. Who does Beatrice think is moving the furniture?
(a) Her father's ghost.
(b) Georgie.
(c) Myrtle.
(d) The construction workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the Hardy family persuaded her parents to allow Myrtle to stay?

2. What epidemic were the authorities trying to get under control when Myrtle moved in with the Hardys?

3. What kind of animal does a kind boy hand back to a woman at the show?

4. Where does the stable boy take Pompey?

5. Where does Pompey have to accompany Master George?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does George stop Mr. Naughton from lavishing his affections on Myrtle?

2. Summarize the second chapter.

3. How does Mr. Naughton react when he sees who he thinks is Myrtle's fiance with another woman?

4. What does the group experience aboard the boat?

5. How has the Hardy family changed four years later?

6. What does Pompey Jones think is his role in life?

7. Why does Pompey say he almost pities George?

8. How does Pompey help George and Rimmer in this chapter?

9. What does Dr. Potter tell his wife about the hermit of Malea?

10. How does Myrtle and George's relationship develop in the opening chapter?

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