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

2. What is the base like upon which Sir Francis' coffin is resting?
(a) Bare.
(b) Polished marble.
(c) Covered in flowers.
(d) Polished maple.

3. How long does it take Aimée to paint a body?
(a) About an hour.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) Several hours.

4. What poet does Dennis quote?
(a) Blake.
(b) Wordsworth.
(c) Shelly.
(d) Keats.

5. Who is Wilbur Kenworthy?
(a) A man who dreams of happiness.
(b) A famous poet.
(c) An embalmer at the Eternal Rest home.
(d) A homeless man whose corpse is being prepared at the funeral home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is poorly received by the studio heads?

2. With what is Sir Francis having difficulty?

3. What do some English expatriates talk about in the last scene?

4. Whose nationality is changed from Spanish to Celtic?

5. Besides cats, dogs and birds, what is one other animal Dennis has seen come through?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Joyboy say about working on infants?

2. Who is Mr. Joyboy and what is he delivering to the cosmetician?

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

4. What does Aimée think of Mr. Joyboy's work?

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

6. How does Dennis respond to finding a dead Sir Francis?

7. What does Dennis accomplish during his time in Italy?

8. Why is Mr. Schultz displeased with Dennis and how does Dennis try to convince Mr. Schultz to feel otherwise?

9. Why does the prospect of a visit to Whispering Glades fascinate Dennis?

10. What does Sir Francis Hinsley say about Americans?

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