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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Charles not feel bad about his privileged class?
(a) He is too unhappy to consider it.
(b) He was raised to accept his privileged status.
(c) He is oblivious to the people around him.
(d) He thinks everyone but the beggars look happy.

2. Where does Sam go to work?
(a) For the Duke of Windsor
(b) At Sir Robert's estate
(c) In Mr. Freeman's store
(d) In the Whie Lion Inn

3. What does Charles observe about American women?
(a) He thinks that they have no sense of style.
(b) He sees a shadow of Sarah in each of them.
(c) He sees them as no different from women in England.
(d) He considers them too pristine.

4. Where does the cab deliver Charles and the prostitute?
(a) At a bordello
(b) At her flat
(c) At a cheap hotel
(d) At Chrale's Kensington home

5. What is Charles' interest in paleontology now?
(a) He works at it spasmotically.
(b) He is excavating in Egypt.
(c) He has lost all interest and gives away his samples.
(d) He has found a dynasaur.

6. When she couldn't sleep, what does Ernestina decide to do?
(a) Go look for Aunt Tranter.
(b) Write in her diary.
(c) Go to the kitchen and eat.
(d) Go for a walk.

7. How does Sam try to start gossip with Mrs. Rogers at the Kensington house?
(a) By asking questions of Mrs. Rogers
(b) By name dropping
(c) By hinting there are many other things afoot in Charles' life
(d) By leaving letters and telegrams lying around

8. What is Dr. Grogan's recommendation for Ernestina's treatment?
(a) Send for her father.
(b) Take her on a trip abroad.
(c) Humor her in whatever she wants to do.
(d) Send her to Bedlam.

9. What discovery does Charles make that hits him like a thunderbolt?
(a) That Sarah had planned his seduction carefully.
(b) That he had not wanted to make love to Sarah.
(c) That he is free to leave Sarah forever.
(d) That Sarah is a virgin.

10. Where does Sarah stay in Exeter?
(a) In a cheap rooming house
(b) In the Endicott Family Hotel
(c) In a shelter for the homeless
(d) In a convent

11. How does Charles think about the three-word message from Sarah?
(a) As a kind of trap and threat.
(b) As her way of saying good-bye.
(c) As an oxymoron like proud begging.
(d) As a way of saying thank you.

12. Why does Ernestina come to Charles' hotel room?
(a) She wants to get him to return to Aunt Tranter's house.
(b) She comes for breakfast.
(c) She had heard that Charles is planning to leave Lyme.
(d) She wants him to read her diary.

13. To what animal does Charles compare himself at the time?
(a) A serpent that devours everyone around him.
(b) A feral cat who must make his way by stealth and cunning.
(c) The hedgehog who curls up in a ball and erects its spines of aristocracy.
(d) A pampered Pekinese dependant on his future father-in-law.

14. After impulsively kissing Sarah, what does Charles do?
(a) Tells her to go to the White Lion and wait for him.
(b) Lays her down on the hay and makes love to her.
(c) Pushes Sarah away and runs out of the shed.
(d) Suggests that she go to London as his mistress.

15. What does Charles do when Sam comes into his room the following morning?
(a) Apologizes
(b) Order him out of his room
(c) Curse Sam
(d) Fire Sam

Short Answer Questions

1. What new service does Charles use to try and locate Sarah?

2. After Charles discovers that Sarah has vanished, who intrudes in his railway compartment?

3. What does Sarah say to Charles after they discuss her lie about Varguennes?

4. What humiliation is Charles forced to undergo?

5. What does Charles attempt to do with Sarah?

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