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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14, 15, 16, and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What expression applied to a boy or girl is guaranteed to despoil their reputation for life?
(a) One of the Cobb walker kids.
(b) One of the Lyme Green kids.
(c) One of the Dairy Lane kids.
(d) One of the Ware Commons kids.

2. After Sarah goes to work for Mrs. Poulteney, how does she size up her employer?
(a) She is indifferent to Mrs. Poulteney's quirks of behavior.
(b) She sees Mrs. Poulteney as a tyrant and tries to warn the staff when she is coming.
(c) She understands her and how to handle her like a skilled cardinal handles a weak pope.
(d) She learns to keep her mouth shut at all times and at all costs.

3. How does Ernestina react to Charles' suggestion that they elope and go to Paris?
(a) She calls the idea wickedness.
(b) She laughs uproarously.
(c) She runs to pack her bag.
(d) She faints and falls into a chair.

4. What does Mrs. Poulteney say of rumors about Mary, Mrs. Tranter's maid?
(a) This this morning she was seen talking to a person.
(b) That she was meeting a young man behind the dairy.
(c) That she had been seen at the pub.
(d) That she had been walking on the Ware Commons.

5. Why does Mrs. Talbot decide not to rehire Sarah Woodruff?
(a) She is aghast at the brazenness of Sarah for even coming to see her.
(b) She thinks Sarah's experience with the lieutenant would impair her concentration on the children.
(c) Her husband flatly refuses to have Sarah back.
(d) She is afraid of her neighbors' gossip.

Short Answer Questions

1. At that time in London, what is socially becoming as important as good blood?

2. What double duty does Sam perform at Mrs. Tranter's door?

3. What prompts Mrs. Poulteney to ask about someone to take into her service?

4. What is the objection of Mrs. Poulteney and others like her to the Assembly Rooms?

5. What is Knowles' description of Charles as a palaeontologist?

(see the answer key)

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