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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through II. Present: What's Wrong.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Isobel Fairfax?
(a) An elderly woman in New England.
(b) The narrator.
(c) A young girl in Italy.
(d) A young girl in New England.

2. With what is Gordon having difficulty?
(a) Stopping from crying about his wife.
(b) Getting Charles to talk with him.
(c) Getting Isobel to get a job.
(d) Lighting the grill.

3. How is the play Isobel attends?
(a) About average for amateurs.
(b) Quite good for amateurs.
(c) Bad even by amateur standards.
(d) The play does not take place.

4. What does Isobel find when searching Vinny's wardrobe?
(a) A single, unusual shoe.
(b) Some ticket stubs.
(c) A new purse.
(d) A one-way plane ticket to the United States.

5. What happens in 1605 at the Fairfax manor?
(a) The manor burns to the ground.
(b) Francis Fairfax dies.
(c) An outbreak of the smallpox.
(d) Francis Fairfax dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many photographs do Isobel and Charles have of their mother?

2. Why do the Baxters call their home "Sithean"?

3. What birthday is Isobel celebrating when this section opens?

4. What is the date of the setting of the novel?

5. Why does Vinny criticize Isobel?

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