View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What plant does Mrs. Todd mention that grows at the Bowden's?
(a) Ivy.
(b) Laurel.
(c) Primrose.
(d) Rosemary.

2. How does the narrator react to Joanna's story?
(a) She is saddened.
(b) She is disinterested.
(c) She is glad her own life is better than Joanna's.
(d) She is intrigued.

3. Who becomes nostalgic knowing that this event won't happen again for another year?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The younger guests.
(c) Mrs. Blackett.
(d) Sarah Jane.

4. How do Elijah and the narrator part?
(a) They agree not to meet again.
(b) They agree to meet in the village.
(c) She asks if she may visit again.
(d) He asks if she would visit again.

5. On Shell-Heap Island, the narrator muses that each person has a place inside in which what is kept?
(a) Our deepest emotions.
(b) Our greatest humiliations.
(c) Great regrets and great happiness.
(d) Our greatest sorrows.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator imagine Elijah bringing home the furnishings?

2. Which word best describes the furnishings in the best room in Elijah's house?

3. What occurs to the narrator as she is looking over the landscape on Shell-Heap Island?

4. What does Elijah do during their conversation that surprises the narrator?

5. What happens at the last minute before Joanna's wedding?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 276 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample