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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11, 12, and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Knowles' description of Charles as a palaeontologist?
(a) As an authority many scientists deferred to.
(b) As an ungifted scientist.
(c) As gifted by lazy.
(d) As much ahead of his time.

2. What is Sarah's position in Charmouth?
(a) Governess.
(b) Housekeeper.
(c) Librarian.
(d) Milk maid.

3. What happened to Charles' mother?
(a) She ran off with an Italian.
(b) She died of tuberculosis.
(c) She died in childbirth to a stillborn girl.
(d) She fell into the sea on a boat outing.

4. What shop in Lyme is somewhat famous?
(a) The Lyme Stationery Shop.
(b) The Wicker Shop.
(c) The Curious Cigar Shop.
(d) The Old Fossit Shop.

5. On the bright, sunny morning in Lyme, how does Ernestina awaken?
(a) Too late to see Charles who had already left for a walk.
(b) Bright and bubbly, anxious to see Charles.
(c) Afraid that exposure to sunlight would darken her skin.
(d) In a mood that the brilliance of the morning only aggravated.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Knowles pull himself into the novel in Chapter 13?

2. What is it about Ernestina that attracts Charles?

3. In trying to be Victorian polite, what does Ernestina call the woman they see on the Cobb?

4. What is Ernestina's great fear about marriage?

5. Immediately after Charles discovers that Sarah is not dead, what happens in Ernestina's bedroom?

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