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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 32, 33, 34, and 35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sarah give Charles?
(a) Two perfect fossils she found.
(b) An invitation to meet her at night.
(c) A lock of her hair.
(d) A handkerchief.

2. Why is Mrs. Poulteney shocked to hear that Sarah is walking on Ware Commons?
(a) It leads to the Cobb where the sailors are.
(b) Along Ware Commons there are ale houses and thieves.
(c) It has become to be called Lover's Lane.
(d) She goes out unchaperoned.

3. What is Charles' quandary over Sarah's disappearance?
(a) If she is still alive, he has a responsibility to her.
(b) If she committed suicide, she may have left a not implicating him.
(c) He suspects she may be prepared to blackmail him.
(d) If she is alive, he knows where she probably is but cannot tell anyone.

4. After Ernestina goes back to sleep, what happens in the kitchen downstairs?
(a) The men who have been searching for Sarah are there.
(b) Aunt Tranter finds Mrs. Fairley there.
(c) Sam comes and leaves Mary crying at the kitchen table.
(d) Charles returns and demands his breakfast.

5. What prompts Mrs. Poulteney to ask about someone to take into her service?
(a) The vicar's insistance that she take someone needy in.
(b) Her need for a nurse during her illness.
(c) Her fear of hell and her need for a companion to write for her.
(d) Her image in the community as being benevolent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to Sarah while Charles is away from Lyme?

2. What does Charles observe inside the house?

3. What is the special relationship between Charles and Mrs. Hawkins?

4. What news does Ernestina give Charles on his return?

5. What does Knowles say modern society has destroyed by throwing over the aura of mystery about sex?

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