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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thomasina delivers a letter from ________________.
(a) Mr. Chater.
(b) Mrs. Chater.
(c) Lady Croom.
(d) Mr. Noakes.

2. Jellaby arrives to ________________________.
(a) Deliver a letter to Septimus.
(b) Challenge Septimus to a duel.
(c) Deliver a letter to Thomasina.
(d) Collect a letter from Septimus.

3. Who seems particularly offended by Septimus' dalliance with Mrs. Chater?
(a) Noakes.
(b) Jellaby.
(c) Brice.
(d) Lord Croom.

4. Lady Croom claims her garden is currently arranged ______________________.
(a) As God intended it.
(b) According to her tastes.
(c) As her husband designed it.
(d) According to the latest fashion.

5. What false last name does Chloe give Bernard?
(a) Nightingale.
(b) Lark.
(c) Pigeon.
(d) Peacock.

6. What is remarkable about Thomasina's math equations?
(a) The equations are riddled with errors
(b) The solutions disprove Newton's theories
(c) The technique she uses is only about 20-years-old
(d) The data is pulled from piano music

7. What has Valentine's mother loaned Bernard?
(a) Her first edition of The Couch of Eros
(b) Her bicycle
(c) Her car
(d) Her notes on gardening

8. Septimus describes carnal embrace as _______________________.
(a) Throwing one's arms around a side of beef.
(b) Throwing one's arms around an animal.
(c) Throwing one's arms around a lover.
(d) Throwing one's arms around a cow.

9. What does Hannah's letter prove?
(a) It proves that Brice wanted to kill Byron.
(b) It proves that Byron was dead by 1810.
(c) It proves that Chater was dead by 1810.
(d) It proves that Byron duelled with Chater in 1809.

10. Where is the proof that Byron was at Sidley Park in 1809?
(a) the prrof is in Lady Croom's journal.
(b) The proof is in a game book that records him shooting a hare.
(c) The proof is in Bernard's book on Byron.
(d) The proof is in the letter Hannah finds.

11. Where does Chater ask Septimus to join him?
(a) In the gun room.
(b) In the sun room.
(c) In the hermitage.
(d) In the garden.

12. What sound interrupts Lady Croom's conversation?
(a) The steam engine.
(b) Piano music.
(c) A scream.
(d) A gun shot.

13. Who is Lady Croom in love with, according to Thomasina?
(a) Septimus.
(b) Lord Byron.
(c) Mr. Chater.
(d) Mr. Noakes.

14. Brice accuses Septimus of ___________.
(a) Heresy.
(b) Theft.
(c) Rape.
(d) Lying.

15. When he learns he might find information about Byron, Bernard makes arrangements to _______________.
(a) Stay at Sidley Park.
(b) Begin writing a book.
(c) Stay in town.
(d) Hide his car from Lord Croom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chloe asks Hannah ___________________________.

2. Chater realizes that Byron intends ____________________.

3. Why does Brice want Septimus to accept Chater's challenge?

4. Thomasina is ___________________.

5. Septimus admits to ______________________.

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