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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. What does Barlow go to pick up while he is at work?
(a) A dead dog.
(b) A dead man.
(c) A dead cat.
(d) A dead parrot.

2. What trophy is in the room where Dennis is escorted?
(a) The Soccer Club Finals of 1942.
(b) Cricket Club's trophy.
(c) The Yacht cup of 1938.
(d) None.

3. How does Dennis handle finding Sir Francis?
(a) He runs out of the house yelling.
(b) He is not greatly disturbed.
(c) He throws up.
(d) He laughs because Sir Francis has a tux on.

4. With what is Sir Francis having difficulty?
(a) The makeover of Juanita del Pablo.
(b) His ex-wife.
(c) His eldest son.
(d) His current wife.

5. What is being piped through the speakers in the funeral home?
(a) "Amazing Grace."
(b) "Our Father."
(c) "Hindu Love-song."
(d) A musical rendition of the 23rd psalm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Juanita del Pablo?

2. Who is Wilbur Kenworthy?

3. In what room does the cosmetician work?

4. Whose nationality is changed from Spanish to Celtic?

5. Who comes and goes all day to the funeral home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What racist question does the secretary ask Dennis and how does he respond?

2. With what makeover is Sir Francis having difficulty?

3. What does the receptionist say to Dennis about burials?

4. What does the opening to Chapter 1 describe?

5. Who is the cosmetician and what does she tell Dennis?

6. What does Aimée reveal about herself when she encounters Dennis on the island?

7. How does Barlow compare the facades of Hollywood sets to the front of Whispering Glades?

8. What are the English expatriates talking about at the cricket club?

9. What does Sir Ambrose ask of Dennis and what does Dennis find out about Sir Francis as a writer?

10. What does Dennis find when he enters the Slumber Room?

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