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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Clarissa specifically forbid to wear mourning clothes?
(a) Arabella.
(b) Miss Howe.
(c) Lovelace.
(d) Widow Sinclair.

2. Which adjective best describes Clarissa's behavior when discussing her death with the doctor?
(a) Hysterical.
(b) Calm.
(c) Angry.
(d) Desperate.

3. What does Clarissa say about her birthday during her illness?
(a) Clarissa says her birthday would have been happy if only Lovelace had been there to share it with her.
(b) It is her first unhappy birthday and is likely to be her last one.
(c) It is the best birthday she ever had, because she is not in her parents' house.
(d) Clarissa says she is unhappy about her birthday because she is afraid she is getting old and will soon have gray hair.

4. When Belton knows he is dying, how does he feel?
(a) He does not believe the doctor and insists on acting like he's fine.
(b) Angry with Belford, because he blames the problems in his life on Belford.
(c) Happy, because he knows he is going to heaven.
(d) Remorseful for his immoral life.

5. How does Clarissa pay the doctor?
(a) She sells some of her clothes.
(b) She tells the doctor her family will pay him after she dies.
(c) She gets money from Lovelace.
(d) She gives the doctor cookies she baked.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Clarissa send the mean letters she received from her family?

2. What are the Harlowes doing when they get the news of Clarissa's death?

3. When Lovelace talks to Hickman, he says Clarissa lets someone else court her. Who?

4. What makes Lovelace's family accuse him of evil-doing in relation to Clarissa?

5. When Lovelace reads Clarissa's letter about going to her "father's house," why is he happy?

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