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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7, 8, 9, and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What annoying habit did Aunt Tranter have which causes Ernestina consternation?
(a) She is an inveterate gossip.
(b) She insists on being a chaperone for Ernestina and Charles.
(c) She dips snuff in the parlor.
(d) She sits at her window with a telescope.

2. When Sarah turns to look at Charles, how does he describe the look?
(a) Dark and mystifying.
(b) Mysterious and inviting.
(c) As though she looked right through him.
(d) Sensuous and compelling.

3. What are the two obsessions of Mrs. Poulteney?
(a) Vulgarity and rudeness.
(b) Dirt and immorality.
(c) Wine and fine cuisine.
(d) Lawlessness and cursing.

4. After Sarah goes to work for Mrs. Poulteney, how does she size up her employer?
(a) She learns to keep her mouth shut at all times and at all costs.
(b) She sees Mrs. Poulteney as a tyrant and tries to warn the staff when she is coming.
(c) She understands her and how to handle her like a skilled cardinal handles a weak pope.
(d) She is indifferent to Mrs. Poulteney's quirks of behavior.

5. How are Charles and Ernestina dressed on their walk down the Cobb?
(a) Very stylishly for the day.
(b) In riding habits.
(c) In clothes suited to the taste of Lyme Regis.
(d) In raincoats and boots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prompts Mrs. Poulteney to ask about someone to take into her service?

2. What happened to Charles' mother?

3. What is Knowles' description of Charles as a palaeontologist?

4. What causes Sarah and the lieutenant to be thrown together in Capt. Talbot's house?

5. What is the action between Charles and his servant, Sam, on the bright sunny morning in Dorset?

(see the answer key)

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