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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sarah think about Mrs. Tranter?
(a) She is just like all Victorian people.
(b) She is kind but too much of a gossip.
(c) She has the kindest heart but I do not need kindness.
(d) She is more cruel than Mrs. Poulteney.

2. What does Charles notice that shocks Ernestina?
(a) The discussion about Sarah Woodruff.
(b) Aunt Tranter's flirtation with Dr. Grogan.
(c) The way Charles seems to have changed.
(d) Dr. Grogan's conversational Irish reel.

3. What expression applied to a boy or girl is guaranteed to despoil their reputation for life?
(a) One of the Cobb walker kids.
(b) One of the Lyme Green kids.
(c) One of the Dairy Lane kids.
(d) One of the Ware Commons kids.

4. What rests on a table at the bay window of Dr. Grogan's house?
(a) A Gregorian telescope.
(b) A collection of fossils.
(c) Surgical instruments.
(d) A copy of Grey's Anatomy.

5. What does Knowles say is the most common symptom of wealth in 1867?
(a) Neurosis.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Responsibility.
(d) Indulgence.

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

7. How does Sarah appear as she stands at her windowsill at night looking out to sea?
(a) Like a preliminary to jumping from the window.
(b) Like a hysterical woman who has lost all.
(c) Like an angel looking for lost ships.
(d) Like a ghost searching for reality.

8. How does Sarah begin describing the French lieutenant to Charles?
(a) That he comes on to her immediately.
(b) That he is pitiful and helpless.
(c) That he is brave and a gentleman.
(d) That he is handsome and a smooth talker.

9. What are the two obsessions of Mrs. Poulteney?
(a) Vulgarity and rudeness.
(b) Dirt and immorality.
(c) Wine and fine cuisine.
(d) Lawlessness and cursing.

10. Where are Charles' grandfather's archeological finds housed?
(a) The Louvre.
(b) The British Museum.
(c) Westminster Abby.
(d) Windsor Castle.

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

12. What begins to trouble Charles about his engagement to Ernestina?
(a) That Ernestina is far too young for him and would leave him for a younger man.
(b) That he has been too conventional in his choice and it is not like him at all.
(c) That he needs a less exciting existence so he could concentrate on rocks.
(d) That she is too flighty and unable to discuss anything with him calmly.

13. What investments had Charles' father made?
(a) Coal mining and religion.
(b) Rail stocks and gambling.
(c) Shipping and rock collecting.
(d) Importing and politics.

14. What is Sarah's position in Charmouth?
(a) Librarian.
(b) Milk maid.
(c) Housekeeper.
(d) Governess.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Charles and Sarah leave the secluded place, who do they meet coming up toward them?

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

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

4. Why does Charles not tell Mrs. Tranter and Ernestina of his chance meeting with Sarah on the Ware Commons?

5. How are Charles and Ernestina dressed on their walk down the Cobb?

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