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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 double duty does Sam perform at Mrs. Tranter's door?
(a) He delivers the flowers along with a singing telegram.
(b) He delivers the flowers for Ernestina and an invitation to a dance for Mary.
(c) He delivers Charles' bouquet for Ernestina and a smaller one for Mary, the maid.
(d) He recites a poem to Mary as he gives her the flowers for Ernestina.

2. What does Knowles say has served as a substitute for experience in Sarah Woodruff?
(a) Lectures from her father.
(b) Her first class education.
(c) Fiction and poetry.
(d) The advice of older women.

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

4. Where does Charles establish his quarters after his father's death?
(a) In Wales.
(b) In Essex.
(c) In Kensington.
(d) In Balmory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Knowles say is the most common symptom of wealth in 1867?

2. On the bright, sunny morning in Lyme, how does Ernestina awaken?

3. Why does Sarah take the risk of not going by the back way around the dairy the morning she is seen by two walkers?

4. What is it about Ernestina that attracts Charles?

5. What does Charles enjoy about his relationship to Sam?

(see the answer key)

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