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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 Sir Ambrose give Dennis before Sir Ambrose leaves?
(a) A note from the President of the Cricket Club.
(b) A diamond ring to pawn.
(c) A check.
(d) A train ticket.

2. What does Aimée recount in a letter?
(a) Her excitement that Mr. Joyboy asks her to marry him.
(b) Her engagement to Dennis.
(c) Her depression that she has to return to Kansas.
(d) Her desire to become the best mortician around.

3. What does Mr. Slump not know?
(a) He is being demoted.
(b) He is to be promoted.
(c) He is in danger of losing his job.
(d) His secretary has been fired.

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

5. What does the secretary say about Aimée's decision?
(a) It is the wrong choice.
(b) It can have nothing but disasterous consequences.
(c) It may turn out for the best.
(d) It is an excellent choice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dennis say he should be offended by Aimée?

2. What is Mr. Slump's mental state?

3. Who is in a foul mood?

4. What does Dennis do as he is waiting for the fire to finish its work?

5. Why does Dennis propose marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Lovers' Nook?

2. Who arrives when Dennis is training his replacement at Happier Hunting Grounds, and what does Dennis do with his trainee?

3. What does Aimée write to the columnist about Dennis?

4. What is different between Aimée's first engagement compared to that of the one to Mr. Lovejoy?

5. What does the narrator explain about Aimée and where she was raised at the opening of this chapter?

6. What does the cricket club do in order to induce Dennis to return to England?

7. Why does Aimée believe she will be writing her last letter to Guru Brahmin?

8. What happens when Aimée calls Mr. Slump at a pub, and what does she do as a result of the conversation?

9. How is Mr. Joyboy described as he improves the smile of a corpse?

10. What does Mr. Joyboy tell Dennis about Aimée?

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