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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gives Charles a free day to go do some digging?
(a) Ernestina returns to London.
(b) Ernestina has a migraine.
(c) Ernestina falls on Aunt Tranter's stairs.
(d) Ernestina is upset and will not see him.

2. When Sarah turns to look at Charles, how does he describe the look?
(a) Dark and mystifying.
(b) Sensuous and compelling.
(c) Mysterious and inviting.
(d) As though she looked right through him.

3. Dr. Grogan says he knows more about ________ than what goes on in Sarah's mind.
(a) The number of stars in the sky.
(b) What goes on in Windsor Castle.
(c) The times of the tides.
(d) The fossils on the beach.

4. At that time in London, what is socially becoming as important as good blood?
(a) Good connections and good experience.
(b) Good clothes and good houses.
(c) Good education and good travel.
(d) Good money and good brains.

5. In trying to be Victorian polite, what does Ernestina call the woman they see on the Cobb?
(a) A woman just a bit crazy.
(b) Old Mrs. Poulteney's companion.
(c) The lady of the night.
(d) The French lieutenant's. . .woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Sarah and the lieutenant to be thrown together in Capt. Talbot's house?

2. For what is Dr. Grogan well known in Lyme?

3. What revelation does Sarah make to Charles about the French lieutenant?

4. What is Knowles' description of Mrs. Poulteney's unsuccessful appeal to knowledge?

5. What does Sarah give Charles?

(see the answer key)

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