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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Mr. Slump when Aimée talks to him on the phone?
(a) A bar.
(b) The newspaper office.
(c) His home.
(d) A library.

2. What makes Aimée cry?
(a) A picture she sees in the newspaper.
(b) The latest poem from Dennis.
(c) A story in a magazine about a dog.
(d) A story in a magazine about a cat.

3. What does the receptionist ask Dennis that makes him visualize Sir Francis when Dennis finds him?
(a) Nothing.
(b) If Sir Francis had any disfigurements Dennis would like hidden.
(c) If Sir Francis has a particular suit in which to be buried.
(d) If Sir Francis is white.

4. What does the secretary tell Mr. Slump about Aimée?
(a) Aimée is moving back home.
(b) Aimée has invited them to her wedding.
(c) She has been duped by her finacee.
(d) Aimée has asked for a job.

5. Who is Sir Francis Hinsley?
(a) The director of a play in which the two Englishmen are acting.
(b) The younger of the two Englishmen.
(c) A person about whom the two Englishmen are making disparaging remarks.
(d) The elder of the two Englishmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Joyboy fashion a smile on a corpse?

2. Where does Dennis decide Sir Francis should go?

3. What did Dennis find difficult to believe when he first worked in Hollywood studios?

4. What is the name of the funeral home where Dennis goes?

5. What is Mr. Joyboy's mother like?

(see the answer key)

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