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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. Who do Joan and George Bailey invite to read the letters between Ash and Christabel?
(a) Blackadder.
(b) Maud and Roland.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Cropper.

2. What kind of car does Cropper drive?
(a) A black Mercedes.
(b) A silver Volkswagen.
(c) A blue Maserati.
(d) A red Porsche.

3. Who does Val come home with?
(a) A man dressed in artsy clothes with a beard.
(b) A woman friend from work.
(c) A man in a red Porsche.
(d) A wealthy-looking woman.

4. What does Maud learn about the pin she is wearing on her turban?
(a) It is possibly a family heirloom from the 1800s.
(b) It is worthless costume jewelry.
(c) It is a famous jem that was stolen years ago.
(d) It is likely one of a matching pair.

5. Where is the book that Roland looks at usually kept?
(a) On display in a glass box.
(b) In a locked safe.
(c) In a long-term storage facility.
(d) In the basement stacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Roland's job?

2. What is in the box Maud finds?

3. How old is Swammerdam in the poem?

4. How does Roland feel about Fergus Wolff?

5. Where do Mud and Roland decide to go to take a break from Ash and Cristabel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the three apparitions describe themselves to the child?

2. Who are Ask and Embla?

3. Why is Mrs. Wapshott unwilling to sell Ash's letters to Cropper?

4. How does Roland feel at the prospect of reading Christabel and Ash's letters?

5. How do Christabel and Ash feel about meeting secretly?

6. What, in her own life, does Val compare Roland's work to?

7. What is Swammerdam's situation at the end of his life?

8. What does Roland like about the library?

9. What is the weather like on Roland and Maud's day trip away from Ash and Christabel?

10. Describe the relationship between Blackadder and Cropper.

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