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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. 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) Meanness and gluttony describe you perfectly, madam.
(c) You, madam, have not devined that slavery is over.
(d) Madam, I shall shake the dust from my shoes as I leave.

2. How does Knowles picture Sam?
(a) He is an older man with a great deal of polish.
(b) He is a man who cannot understand Charles' jokes.
(c) He is humbly devoted to Charles and not into self aggrandizement.
(d) He is young, fond of idling, and always has a straw or sprig of parsley in his mouth.

3. What is Ernestina's reaction to the flowers Sam delivers from Charles?
(a) She wants to know if a shop keeper delivered the flowers.
(b) She frowns because she has been imagining unfaithfulness of Charles' part.
(c) She jumps from bed and dances around the room.
(d) She frowns because she is ashamed of herself.

4. What causes Sarah and the lieutenant to be thrown together in Capt. Talbot's house?
(a) She is working for Capt. Talbot as secretary.
(b) The lieutenant only speaks French and Sarah interprets.
(c) The lieutenant has a broken leg and Sarah was his nurse.
(d) They share adjoining rooms.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Talbot decide not to rehire Sarah Woodruff?

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

3. Upon whose word does Mr. Forsythe, vicar of Lyme, rely to recommend Sarah?

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

5. How does Sarah appear as she stands at her windowsill at night looking out to sea?

(see the answer key)

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