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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Aimée owe the shaping of her brain and body?
(a) Being raised in southern California.
(b) Being raised in a strict Catholic home.
(c) A mild birth defect.
(d) A mishap when she is a toddler.

2. What does Dennis ask Erroll Bartholomew?
(a) How to become a non-sectarian minister.
(b) Why dead people always seem to be smiling.
(c) How to perform a marriage ceremony.
(d) How to get a job with the State.

3. What does Dennis give to Aimée that strikes her as familiar?
(a) A passage from Shakespere.
(b) A poem about a river.
(c) A poem about daffodils.
(d) A passage from Coleridge.

4. What does Mr. Slump ask his secretary to do?
(a) Go purchase more whiskey.
(b) Make his reply to Aimée a little less terse.
(c) Make a new pot of coffee.
(d) Go out with him.

5. What poem is used at the Heart of the Bruce?
(a) One written by Robert Burns.
(b) One written by Wordsworth.
(c) One written by Browning.
(d) One written by Frost.

6. Where does Aimée take Dennis a few days after her dinner date with Mr. Joyboy?
(a) Her mother's house.
(b) Her sister's house.
(c) The basement of the mortuary.
(d) Lovers' Nook.

7. What does Aimée tell Mr. Joyboy when he wants to celebrate with her?
(a) She is ill.
(b) She has a date.
(c) She is engaged.
(d) Her mother is ill.

8. What does Dennis find shockingly tasteless?
(a) Aimée's engagement to Mr. Joyboy.
(b) Aimée's dress.
(c) Aimée's hat.
(d) His first nutburger.

9. Who is in a foul mood?
(a) Aimée.
(b) Mr. Joyboy.
(c) Dennis.
(d) Mr. Slump.

10. Who do two gloomy men represent?
(a) No one.
(b) Sir Ambrose.
(c) Guru Brahmin.
(d) Sir Francis' children.

11. What is Jungle Venom?
(a) The name of the poem Dennis writes for Aimée.
(b) Perfume Aimée uses on her dinner date with Mr. Joyboy.
(c) The name of one of the books Mr. Francis wrote.
(d) The name of the poem Dennis writes for Sir Francis' children.

12. Why does Dennis recite a poem?
(a) To show Aimée's spirit that he can write his own poetry.
(b) To make Mr. Joyboy feel better.
(c) To commemorate Aimée's cremation.
(d) He does not recite a poem.

13. In what does Dennis seem unnaturally interested?
(a) The details of Aimée's work.
(b) A young lady in the coffee shop.
(c) Religion.
(d) Aimée's sister.

14. What does Mr. Slump do incessantly?
(a) Blows his nose.
(b) Smokes.
(c) Jokes.
(d) Sucks on peppermint sticks.

15. What does Dennis do when Mr. Joyboy arrives?
(a) Tells Aimée he'll be back.
(b) Offers him a seat and some coffee.
(c) Sends the trainee out of the room.
(d) Tries to hide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mr. Slump when Aimée talks to him on the phone?

2. What does Mr. Joyboy say about his mother's state of health when Aimée asks?

3. What does Dennis tell Mr. Schultz Dennis needs?

4. Of what is Mr. Slump tired?

5. What does Dennis tell Mr. Schultz?

(see the answer keys)

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