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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. At the end of "The Square Egg," what did the narrator state he is going to do?
(a) Kill all of the hens.
(b) Start a square-egg hen hatchery.
(c) Finance the man's business.
(d) Marry the aunt.

2. What did the Baroness say that she is going to do to Amalie after the new year festivities have ended?
(a) Marry her off.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Fire her.
(d) Adopt her.

3. Where had Dimitri been only once (he thought the city seemed magical)?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Athens.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rome.

4. To whom does James Cushat-Prinkley plan on proposing to?
(a) Cindy.
(b) Joan.
(c) Martha.
(d) Betty.

5. How old is Dimitri during the action of the play?
(a) 17.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what coronation does Clovis believe that Lady Beanford has caught a chill?

2. What suggested Dimitri's "death" for Dr. Stronetz?

3. What is the highest mark of appreciation in Pandemonium?

4. What bird has the narrator never seen in the war-lands?

5. Who does Francesca run into at a shop entrance near Piccadilly and Bond?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Francesca pride herself on?

2. What is the irony regarding Dr. Stronetz's plan to save Dimitri's life? ("The Death Trap.")

3. What does poultry farmer consider to be the one draw back of eggs?

4. What were the demands of Mrs. Umberleigh's "captives" regarding her ransom? ("The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh.")

5. Why were there so many barn owls on the fighting line? ("Birds on the Western Front.")

6. What was to happen on the day that Mrs. Umberleigh disappeared?

7. What does the poultry farmer say that he has done to solve the round problem of eggs?

8. What is Francesca's most prized possession?

9. What does Saki say he will do about giving the poultry farmer a loan to get back his hens?

10. What actually happened to Mrs. Umberleigh in "The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh"?

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