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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23, 24, 25, and 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sarah tell Mrs. Talbot before she leaves?
(a) That she is going back to school.
(b) That her brother is coming to Lyme and she will teach his children.
(c) That Varguennes is returning from France to marry her.
(d) That she needs to go to London for a higher position.

2. Why does Mrs. Talbot decide not to rehire Sarah Woodruff?
(a) She is afraid of her neighbors' gossip.
(b) She thinks Sarah's experience with the lieutenant would impair her concentration on the children.
(c) Her husband flatly refuses to have Sarah back.
(d) She is aghast at the brazenness of Sarah for even coming to see her.

3. What expression applied to a boy or girl is guaranteed to despoil their reputation for life?
(a) One of the Lyme Green kids.
(b) One of the Dairy Lane kids.
(c) One of the Ware Commons kids.
(d) One of the Cobb walker kids.

4. How does Ernestina react to Charles' suggestion that they elope and go to Paris?
(a) She faints and falls into a chair.
(b) She laughs uproarously.
(c) She runs to pack her bag.
(d) She calls the idea wickedness.

5. What revelation does Sarah make to Charles about the French lieutenant?
(a) That he is the father of her child.
(b) That he is married.
(c) That he beat her before he left England.
(d) That he has never even written to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Sarah goes to work for Mrs. Poulteney, how does she size up her employer?

2. Why is Charles thought of as an interesting young man?

3. How does Knowles use these changes to invite suspense?

4. What does Charles observe inside the house?

5. What title did Charles' grandfather hold?

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