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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Theo's mother do for extra money during his youth?
(a) Waitress.
(b) Tutor French.
(c) Replicate prints.
(d) Give piano lessons.

2. How does the Chief Inspector respond when Theo insists that the search of his home begin promptly?
(a) He is annoyed by Theo's assertiveness, and searches the home himself.
(b) He questions why Theo would assume he was being searched.
(c) He leaves the room to make a call.
(d) He obliges and sends Cathcart to begin.

3. How does Theo remember Julian from when he taught her in class?
(a) Narcissistic.
(b) Outspoken.
(c) Unsettling.
(d) Naive.

4. Who does Theo's wife leave him for?
(a) A children's doctor.
(b) A Polish playwright.
(c) The neighbor who saw Theo run over their daughter.
(d) A poster and dust jacket designer.

5. How does the author describe the drawing on the Five Fishes' pamphlet that Theo has been delivered?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Bland.
(c) Disturbing.
(d) Intricate.

6. What does the Church of England replace the sign of the cross with?
(a) A flower.
(b) A golden orb.
(c) A mother nursing her child.
(d) A lightbulb.

7. Why is Helena accepted into Oxford University when she is young?
(a) She was a genius. Theo was jealous of her.
(b) Her father was well respected and she had expensive schooling growing up.
(c) She was a very talented artist and received a scholarship.
(d) Her father gave a large donation.

8. Theo's birthday falls on what holiday?
(a) Christmas Day.
(b) Guy Fox Day.
(c) New Year's Day.
(d) Easter.

9. What is the first of the Five Fishes' concerns that Theo speaks of at the meeting in Chapter 12?
(a) The Sojourners.
(b) The Quietus.
(c) The Isle of Man.
(d) An election.

10. Why does Theo come to the museum in the first place?
(a) He misses his childhood days with Xan.
(b) To leave his response for the Five Fishes.
(c) To meet Julian.
(d) He wants to reconnect with the memories of his daughter.

11. What does the Baronet buy Theo?
(a) A computer.
(b) New shoes.
(c) A bike.
(d) A dog.

12. What are the legal requirements regarding newborn domestic animals?
(a) A local council-person picks the best of the litter to survive, the rest are destroyed.
(b) A male and a female from each litter may be kept.
(c) All are humanely euthanized.
(d) Only one female from the first litter, and one male from the second may be kept.

13. What does Theo eat at the inn?
(a) Bangers and mash.
(b) Fish and chips.
(c) Lasagna.
(d) Meat pies.

14. Who does Theo recognize struggling near the ocean?
(a) Xan's mother.
(b) Helena.
(c) Hilda.
(d) His mother.

15. Why does the priest demand that Theo leave the church before eleven?
(a) There is a funeral.
(b) There is a wedding.
(c) There is a christening.
(d) There is a mass.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Theo go in Oxford in Chapter 14?

2. Xan and Theo are both named after whom?

3. Where is Digby from?

4. Who is Rolf?

5. Who attacks Theo at the Quietus he witnesses?

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