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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do the neighbors respond to the presence of the baby?
(a) They do not know of the baby.
(b) They are not at all suspicious.
(c) One neighbor has started a private investigation into the matter.
(d) They are thinking of calling social services.

3. How many photographs do Isobel and Charles have of their mother?
(a) 0.
(b) Numerous.
(c) They each have several.
(d) 1 each.

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

5. Where is Charles born?
(a) In Paris.
(b) In a hospital.
(c) On a train.
(d) In a field.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occurs in Fairfax Manor in 1582?

2. What does Vinny do with anything Mr. Rice leaves at the house?

3. What does Isobel want to ask Audrey?

4. What does Isobel notice about Aubrey one day?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Charles is eight years old?

2. How does Vinny treat the children?

3. Where does Malcolm take Isobel, and what happens there?

4. How do Charlotte and Vinny treat Eliza and what is her response?

5. Who is Audrey, and how does her father treat her?

6. Describe how Charles and Isobel are born.

7. What leads to Isobel's house being infested with fleas?

8. What does Isobel, the narrator at the beginning of the novel, discuss in the first part of the novel?

9. What does Isobel write about both her and her brother's physical looks?

10. What are the circumstances surrounding Charlotte's death?

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