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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Manresa wonder once the pageant starts?
(a) Whether Giles is looking at her.
(b) Whether the actors are wearing make up.
(c) Whether it will rain.
(d) Whether it will run till midnight.

2. What does Miss La Trobe lament after the play is stopped?
(a) Forgetting to turn the stagelights on in time.
(b) Having to cut one of the scenes.
(c) Stopping the play at a high point.
(d) Being unable to make an announcement to the audience.

3. What does Mrs. Swithin ask Isa about after speaking to Mr. Oliver about the event?
(a) Whether Mr. Oliver has been looking pale lately.
(b) Isa's ideas for decorating for the event.
(c) The well-being of Isa's children.
(d) Whether Isa has read a particular book.

4. What does Mr. Oliver dream of?
(a) Setting a house on fire.
(b) Climbing a mountain.
(c) Killing people in India.
(d) Excavating an Egyptian mummy's tomb.

5. What is the name of Mr. Oliver's country home?
(a) Nostell Priory.
(b) Harewood House.
(c) Pointz Hall.
(d) Clandon Park.

6. What do Mrs. Swithin and Mr. Oliver wonder about in regards to the event?
(a) Whether the band will show up.
(b) Whether the food will be prepared in time.
(c) How the weather will be.
(d) How many people will attend.

7. Who does Giles fume about having to spend time with after arriving at Pointz Hall?
(a) Deviants.
(b) Old fogies.
(c) Troublemakers.
(d) Country folk.

8. What noise announces the beginning of the play?
(a) A bell chime.
(b) A gramophone player.
(c) Clapping from Miss La Trobe.
(d) An actor clearing his throat.

9. What does Eliza Clark sell?
(a) Books.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Wool.

10. What does Mr. Oliver call his grandson after surprising him from behind a tree?
(a) A brat.
(b) A cry-baby.
(c) A prince.
(d) An old-soul.

11. Who does Mr. Oliver say "must have their ghosts"?
(a) Criminals.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Servants.

12. Why did someone supposedly drown themselves in the lily pond?
(a) Because they committed murder.
(b) Because they were insane.
(c) Because of lovesickness.
(d) Because of depression.

13. Who says that she, too, must have her ghosts?
(a) Isa.
(b) Mrs. Swithin.
(c) Mrs. Sands.
(d) Mrs. Manresa.

14. What does Lucy imagine as she looks out the window?
(a) Lions and giraffes.
(b) A tall tower.
(c) A vast city.
(d) Dinosaurs.

15. Why does the audience go to the barn?
(a) For a speech by Mr. Oliver.
(b) To escape the rain.
(c) For the next act of the pageant.
(d) For refreshments.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Miss La Trobe want the pageant to take place?

2. What is the name of Mr. Oliver's son?

3. Who laughs at Mrs. Swithin's odd manner?

4. How does Miss La Trobe regard the pageant?

5. How does the audience react when Eliza Clark's character appears?

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