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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isa say she has ordered for the coming event?
(a) Beef.
(b) Lamb.
(c) Fish.
(d) Chicken.

2. What season is it at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Autumn.

3. Where does Mrs. Swithin say the birds come from?
(a) Africa.
(b) America.
(c) Russia.
(d) Brazil.

4. Who laughs at Mrs. Swithin's odd manner?
(a) Isa.
(b) Young nobles.
(c) George.
(d) Mr. Oliver.

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

6. What is the general opinion of Albert in real life?
(a) That he is an idiot.
(b) That he is dashing.
(c) That he is highly intelligent.
(d) That he is an excellent actor.

7. What does Mrs. Swithin forget on her tour of Pointz Hall?
(a) The way to the drawing room.
(b) That there is an event being held in the evening.
(c) Her husband's name.
(d) Who the people in the portraits are.

8. Who does Eliza Clark play in the pageant?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Queen Victoria.
(c) Queen Elizabeth.
(d) Mary, Queen of Scots.

9. Why is Mrs. Manresa welcomed?
(a) She has powerful relations.
(b) She adds energy to the occasion.
(c) She doesn't cause much trouble.
(d) She is very wealthy.

10. Which of the following is NOT something Mrs. Swithin gives into whole-heartedly?
(a) Faith.
(b) Religion.
(c) Science.
(d) Superstition.

11. What music plays after the young girl makes her announcement?
(a) Home, Sweet Home.
(b) Dispersed we are.
(c) When the Saints go Marching in.
(d) I had a love in old Skibbereen.

12. How is Mrs. Manresa described?
(a) As an old dear.
(b) As an overdressed windbag.
(c) As a forgetful nuisance.
(d) As a timid and polite lady.

13. How does the audience react to the pageant?
(a) The audiece is emotionally moved.
(b) The audience is engaged.
(c) The audience is bored.
(d) The audience finds it laughable.

14. What role does Albert play?
(a) A slave.
(b) A knight.
(c) The village idiot.
(d) A guardsman.

15. What is the name of Mr. Oliver's dog?
(a) Jamshid.
(b) Pashang.
(c) Sohrab.
(d) Rostam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does William have a brief fantasy about?

2. What noise announces the beginning of the play?

3. Who recites a long and confusing passage in the play?

4. What has Giles read about in the newspaper?

5. Who does Mrs. Manresa bring with her to Pointz Hall?

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