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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. Who does Isa mock lines from the pageant with?
(a) Mrs. Manresa.
(b) Giles.
(c) Mrs. Swithin.
(d) William.

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

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

4. What does Mr. Haines do for a living?
(a) He is a lawyer.
(b) He is a farmer.
(c) He is a butler.
(d) He is a politician.

5. How does Giles feel about what he read in the newspaper?
(a) Disgusted.
(b) Worried.
(c) Powerless.
(d) Amused.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Oliver's religious belief?

2. What does Mr. Oliver dream of?

3. Where does Mrs. Swithin say the birds come from?

4. How old is Mrs. Manresa?

5. What season is it at the beginning of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mrs. Manresa described?

2. What does Lucy Swithin like to read and imagine?

3. What does Pointz Hall host every year? Where will the event take place should there be fair or rainy weather?

4. What do the Haineses and Mr. Oliver discuss at the beginning of the novel?

5. What is the rumor about the lily pond near Pointz Hall? What does Mr. Oliver think of this rumor?

6. How does the pageant get off to a rocky start?

7. Why does Mr. Oliver express disappointment in his grandson?

8. What do William and Isa share a moment together doing? What thought briefly crosses William's mind while standing with Isa?

9. Who is the first player who comes on stage in the play?

10. What do the villagers do when 'Queen Elizabeth' returns to the stage?

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