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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Baxter retire?
(a) He is at the retirement age.
(b) He does not retire.
(c) He is ill.
(d) He has injuried a young boy.

2. Where do Malcolm and Isobel visit?
(a) A park outside of the town.
(b) Malcolm's grandmother in a nursing home.
(c) Malcolm's mother in the hospital.
(d) An amphitheater in the city park.

3. What does Gordon give Eliza for Christmas one year?
(a) A trip to her native Australia.
(b) A new car.
(c) A gold ring with emerals and diamonds.
(d) A diamond necklace.

4. For what do the Baxters make excuses?
(a) Their daughter not coming with them.
(b) Not eating the undercooked meat.
(c) Their son not coming with them.
(d) Not bringing the wine they said they were going to bring.

5. With what is Debbie obsessed when Isobel arrives home?
(a) The baby.
(b) The china cabinet.
(c) A caterpillar.
(d) A ring that she finds.

6. Why is Malcolm's mother disappointed?
(a) Because Malcolm does not bring her chocolate.
(b) Because Isobel is not Hilary.
(c) Because Malcolm's father does not visit.
(d) Because Malcolm does nolt bring her flowers.

7. What is Audrey doing during the lecture that bores Isobel?
(a) Eating a bag of peanuts.
(b) Taking copious notes.
(c) Writing a poem.
(d) Sleeping.

8. What birthday is Isobel celebrating when this section opens?
(a) 50.
(b) 60.
(c) 22.
(d) 33.

9. What does Charles lament?
(a) His ugly wife.
(b) His lack of education.
(c) His short stature.
(d) His lack of culture.

10. Where does Isobel think she has been transported one day on her way home from school?
(a) The 19th century.
(b) The 12th century.
(c) The 16th century.
(d) Mars.

11. In what year does Francis Fairfax arrive in Lythe?
(a) 1580.
(b) 1777.
(c) 1692.
(d) 1980.

12. Who looks after the children until Charlotte and Vinny get home every day?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Mrs. Baxter.
(c) No one.
(d) Audrey.

13. What occurs in Fairfax Manor in 1582?
(a) Nothing, as it is not yet built.
(b) A fire destroys the manor.
(c) He is elected mayor.
(d) The Queen visits.

14. When Isobel hears the supposed name of Debbie's illness, what does she wonder?
(a) About the presence of doppelgangers.
(b) About whether Debbie is the reason for Eliza's disappearance.
(c) About whether Debbie will disappear.
(d) About Debbie leaving them to go to a mental hospital.

15. Who is Malcolm Lovat?
(a) Charles' best friend.
(b) Gordon's brother-in-law.
(c) The groom.
(d) The man with whom Isobel is in love.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who claims to be the mother of the baby?

3. What is Mr. Baxter's position?

4. What does Charles find that he incorporates into his theories about his mother?

5. What is Gordon's position in WWII?

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