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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 48, 49, 50, and 51.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Mrs. Endicott's Bible?
(a) Her horoscope
(b) Her weekly newspaper
(c) Her almanac
(d) Her accounts ledger

3. What annoying habit did Aunt Tranter have which causes Ernestina consternation?
(a) She dips snuff in the parlor.
(b) She sits at her window with a telescope.
(c) She is an inveterate gossip.
(d) She insists on being a chaperone for Ernestina and Charles.

4. What gimmick does Knowles use as an ending of the story in Chapter 44?
(a) The breakup of Charles' engagement to Ernestine.
(b) A flashback to the time Ernestine was sixteen.
(c) A story within a story that has no ending.
(d) The story as it would have been written in Victorian England.

5. What is Sam's dream about Mary?
(a) She is the attraction in his gentlemen's shop that brings in customers.
(b) She wantonly gives herself to him.
(c) She secretly has a large dowry.
(d) She marries him and has ten children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarah tell Mrs. Talbot before she leaves?

2. What does Charles discover from Mrs. Endicott?

3. What does Knowles acknowledge as the modern gentleman?

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

5. What double duty does Sam perform at Mrs. Tranter's door?

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