The Essex Serpent Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Sarah Perry
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 138 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Essex Serpent Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Sarah Perry
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 138 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. When the earthquake had hit Colchester, what did the neighboring town think had happened?
(a) The other towns did not feel the earthquake that happened in Colchester.
(b) Others thought there was a building collapse that shook the ground.
(c) The town of Maldon thought someone had set off dynamite.
(d) The neighboring town thought there was a tsunami.

2. While at church, who does a churchgoer without glasses mistake Cracknell for?
(a) Pastor Ransome.
(b) The Essex Serpent.
(c) The Trouble.
(d) Cora.

3. How does William and his family end up in Aldwinter?
(a) William met and fell in love with Stella while in Aldwinter.
(b) William did not want to be in Parliament.
(c) William wanted purpose in his life, not achievement.
(d) William did not make it as an engineer.

4. What are Joanna, Naomi and John doing out at the marshes?
(a) Performing a ritual they think will help their town.
(b) They want to see what Cracnkell is doing to the moles.
(c) Looking for the Essex Serpent.
(d) Joanna and Naomi are trying to play a prank on John.

5. According to Thomas Taylor, the begger, how did he loose his legs?
(a) Thomas Taylor said he lost his legs when the house collapsed during the earthquake.
(b) Thomas lost his legs during the war.
(c) Taylor claims he lost his legs during a childhood illness.
(d) Thomas said he lost his legs when they were swallowed up by the earthquake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cora do as the man she helps rescue the sheep just walks away?

2. What does Cracknell call his scarebeasts?

3. What flower has a smell both pleasant and unpleasant?

4. Luke Garrett's nickname is The Imp. Who named him?

5. What does William want to help John with at midnight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused the naturalist, Mary Anning, to begin her studies of the natural sciences?

2. Cora was out for a walk and stumbled upon what scene?

3. Who writes to Cora first to invite her to visit the family in Aldwinter?

4. Reverend Willliam Ransome was the Rector of what parish?

5. What did Francis insist on doing immediately after the funeral services of Michael Seaborne?

6. According to Cracknell, what happened to one of his goats?

7. What did Cora state emphatically about her comings and goings to Charles Ambrose while having tea?

8. What was Spencer, Luke Garrett's closest friend, considered to be by their former classmates?

9. Luke Garrett was the first person to successfully complete what type of surgery in London?

10. How did Cora meet Thomas Taylor, the beggar?

(see the answer keys)

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