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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 causes Sarah and the lieutenant to be thrown together in Capt. Talbot's house?
(a) They share adjoining rooms.
(b) The lieutenant has a broken leg and Sarah was his nurse.
(c) The lieutenant only speaks French and Sarah interprets.
(d) She is working for Capt. Talbot as secretary.

2. What characteristics make Aunt Tranter very special?
(a) Wealth and generosity.
(b) Plumpness and a jocular spirit.
(c) High moral and religious values.
(d) Optimism and making the best of everything for all.

3. What does Knowles say has served as a substitute for experience in Sarah Woodruff?
(a) Her first class education.
(b) Lectures from her father.
(c) Fiction and poetry.
(d) The advice of older women.

4. What investments had Charles' father made?
(a) Importing and politics.
(b) Coal mining and religion.
(c) Shipping and rock collecting.
(d) Rail stocks and gambling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Knowles say is the most common symptom of wealth in 1867?

2. What is Knowles' opinion of the way Charles is dressed for his brisk walk?

3. Where are Charles' grandfather's archeological finds housed?

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

5. In trying to be Victorian polite, what does Ernestina call the woman they see on the Cobb?

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