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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. Where had Munro been staying before he disappeared?
(a) At an Inn.
(b) At a friend's house.
(c) At the Fleshmarket close.
(d) At Almont House.

2. Who did Hazel send Charles to summon after hearing Munro's story?
(a) Dr. Beecham.
(b) Bernard.
(c) The police constable.
(d) Lord Almont.

3. Why does Jack not think ghosts would hang around a kirkyard?
(a) Because ghosts must go back to where their unfinished business is.
(b) Because ghosts would not want to be reminded of death.
(c) Because kirkyards are hallowed ground.
(d) Because ghosts would want to haunt someone living.

4. What note handwritten in the margin did Hazel see in Dr. Beecham's treatise next to treatments for the common cold?
(a) Ultraviolet light.
(b) Mercury tonic.
(c) Gold shavings.
(d) Colloidal silver.

5. Which cemetery did Jack and Hazel go to on their dig?
(a) Greyfriar's Kirkyard.
(b) Old Town Cemetery.
(c) New Town Cemetery.
(d) The cemetery behind Saint Dwynwen's church.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what did Munro say he was best at in all of Scotland?

2. Which body system did Hazel want Burgess to help her with?

3. Where did Munro wake up after his arm was amputated?

4. Who was the English physician that Hazel knew who hypothesized about milkmaids' immunity to smallpox?

5. What lie did Jack tell the Innkeeper so that he could go up to Munro's room?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jack know that Munro had not just left town?

2. Why did Isabella come to Hawthornden and how did Hazel help her?

3. In Chapter 29, What was Dr. Beecham III's response to Hazel's letter?

4. Why was Hazel unafraid of exposure to Roman fever?

5. In Chapter 32, what made Hazel turn aside from going straight to the physicians exam?

6. In Chapter 18, how did Hazel manage to have a body delivered to her?

7. In Chapter 21, why did Jack not bring Hazel a body as he had promised?

8. In Chapter 24, Bernard saw Hazel at Princes street gardens. When Bernard saw her, what did he ask that caused Hazel to lie to him?

9. What were two surprising things that happened to Hazel at the Almont Ball?

10. How did Jack and Hazel get to the graveyard in Chapter 22? Why did they share a ride?

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