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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ernestina react to Charles' suggestion that they elope and go to Paris?
(a) She calls the idea wickedness.
(b) She runs to pack her bag.
(c) She faints and falls into a chair.
(d) She laughs uproarously.

2. After parting from Sarah and leaving Sam and Mary, what are Charles' thoughts?
(a) That Sam cannot be trusted with his secret.
(b) That he has been scarred for life.
(c) That he is now like Sarah.
(d) The he has been playing with fire.

3. Why is Mrs. Poulteney shocked to hear that Sarah is walking on Ware Commons?
(a) Along Ware Commons there are ale houses and thieves.
(b) It has become to be called Lover's Lane.
(c) It leads to the Cobb where the sailors are.
(d) She goes out unchaperoned.

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

5. How does the bright day affect Charles?
(a) He says it is rare to see such brightness and he hates it.
(b) He says he will go back to bed.
(c) He says everything looks unreal.
(d) He says it almost makes him not return to London.

6. What does Mrs. Poulteney say of rumors about Mary, Mrs. Tranter's maid?
(a) That she had been walking on the Ware Commons.
(b) That she had been seen at the pub.
(c) That she was meeting a young man behind the dairy.
(d) This this morning she was seen talking to a person.

7. Why did Charles urge Ernestina to disagree with him about something?
(a) It is just another of his silly jokes that Ernestina seldom understands.
(b) He is feeling like a Turkish pasha because of her deferring to him.
(c) He does not want people to think theirs iss a Christian marriage.
(d) He is sure that he is not always right and wants her opinion.

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

9. Who does Ernestina tease her Aunt Tranter about?
(a) Charles' uncle.
(b) Mrs. Poulteney's brother.
(c) The vicar.
(d) The bachelor Dr. Grogan.

10. What title did Charles' grandfather hold?
(a) Baronet.
(b) Laird.
(c) Duke.
(d) Earl.

11. How are Charles and Ernestina dressed on their walk down the Cobb?
(a) Very stylishly for the day.
(b) In raincoats and boots.
(c) In riding habits.
(d) In clothes suited to the taste of Lyme Regis.

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

13. Why does Mrs. Poulteney insist Sarah stay when Mrs. Tranter calls with Charles and Ernestina in tow?
(a) She needs Sarah to pour the tea.
(b) She wants Sarah to give her opinion about the young couple.
(c) She wants to flaunt her wealth and position.
(d) She feels it her duty to embarrass Charles and Ernestina and make Sarah uncomfortable.

14. What does Sarah think about Christians?
(a) She thinks they are crueller than heathens.
(b) She thinks they will help her.
(c) She thinks they are charitable.
(d) She thinks they are very intelligent.

15. What resolution does Charles make on his way back to Lyme?
(a) To have physical relations with Sarah the next time they meet.
(b) To go to confession.
(c) To avoid Sarah of his own free will.
(d) To break off his engagement to Ernestina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Knowles' description of Charles as a palaeontologist?

2. What begins to trouble Charles about his engagement to Ernestina?

3. What is the action between Charles and his servant, Sam, on the bright sunny morning in Dorset?

4. When Sarah turns to look at Charles, how does he describe the look?

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

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