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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7, 8, 9, and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What terrible image does Mrs. Talbot have from the literature she reads?
(a) A picture of Sarah dying of starvation.
(b) A picture of Sarah after jumping from a cliff.
(c) A picture of Sarah reduced to working in a house of ill repute.
(d) A picture of Sarah begging on the streets.

2. What characteristics make Aunt Tranter very special?
(a) Plumpness and a jocular spirit.
(b) Wealth and generosity.
(c) Optimism and making the best of everything for all.
(d) High moral and religious values.

3. What is it about Ernestina that attracts Charles?
(a) She stands to inherit a great fortune.
(b) She is so nearly the prim little moppet; yet not quite.
(c) She is daring and adventurous.
(d) She is beautiful by male standards.

4. How does the butler sum up the feelings of Mrs. Poulteney's staff?
(a) Madam, I should rather the poor house than another week under your roof.
(b) Madam, I shall shake the dust from my shoes as I leave.
(c) Meanness and gluttony describe you perfectly, madam.
(d) You, madam, have not devined that slavery is over.

5. What is Knowles' description of Mrs. Poulteney's unsuccessful appeal to knowledge?
(a) A look somewhat like a white Pekinese.
(b) A look of solid comprehension.
(c) A successful appeal to disapproval.
(d) A blank stare signifying nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two obsessions of Mrs. Poulteney?

2. How does the bright day affect Charles?

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

4. What investments had Charles' father made?

5. Where does Charles establish his quarters after his father's death?

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