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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dr. Grogan threaten Charles?
(a) That he will help Ernestina sue for breach of promise and see charles ruined.
(b) That he will tell everyone what Charles has done if he doesn't leave Lyme.
(c) That he will sign the papers sending Charles to the insane assylum.
(d) That if he does not leave within the hour he will return with the largest horse whip he can find.

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

3. What does Dr. Grogan suggest?
(a) That he will handle the matter with Sarah and Charles must go away.
(b) That Charles see Sarah and make up his mind who he loves.
(c) That Dr. Grogan himself goes to find out what Sarah really wants.
(d) That Charles insists on eloping with Ernestina at once.

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

5. Where does Charles go after leaving Sarah?
(a) To find Sam
(b) To a church
(c) To his hotel room
(d) To the carriage depot

6. What has happened at the prostitute's house?
(a) Sarah's little daughter comes in and gets into bed with them.
(b) Charles has been drinking heavily and begins throwing up when she said her name was Sarah.
(c) Charles has intercourse with the girl before finding out her name was Sarah.
(d) Charles passes out from too much to drink and sleeps in a chair.

7. What happens when Sam comes to Charles' hotel room?
(a) He agrees to go abroad with charles.
(b) He demands money from Charles.
(c) He gives Charles a black eye.
(d) He resigns as Charles' servant.

8. What do Sam and Mary see briefly at the shed door?
(a) A dark bonnet hanging on a nail
(b) Dr. Gorgan
(c) Sarah Woodruff
(d) Ernestina

9. What does Knowles say readers should now see as obvious?
(a) That Mary is pregnant with Sam's baby.
(b) That Sam is planning to abandon Mary.
(c) That Sam and Mary had been to that barn many times before.
(d) That Sam had proposed marriage to Mary.

10. What metaphor does Charles use to describe his guilt of lying about Sarah?
(a) King Arthur lusting for Morgan Le Fey.
(b) Robin Hood denouncing Maid Marian as a strumpet.
(c) Sir Galahad showing Guinevere to be a whore.
(d) Sir Lancelot casting blame on the Lady of the Lake.

11. What does Sam do after leaving Charles in his room at the Ship?
(a) Goes and hides out of sight across from the Endicott's Family Hotel.
(b) Finds himself a cheap hotel for the night.
(c) Goes to the kitchen and orders a large meal charged to Charles.
(d) Goes to the telegraph office to send a message to Mary.

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

13. Why does Mrs. Endicott allow Charles to go up to Sarah's room?
(a) She takes a bribe from Charles.
(b) She thinks he is Sarah's lawyer.
(c) She thinks he is Sarah's brother.
(d) She thinks he is a doctor.

14. What does Sarah say to Charles after they discuss her lie about Varguennes?
(a) I am not cut out to be a mistress so we have to marry.
(b) I will go to London and you can come to me whenever you need.
(c) I wanted to see what it might have been like with him.
(d) You cannot marry me. Leave.

15. After Charles discovers that Sarah has vanished, who intrudes in his railway compartment?
(a) Sam
(b) The author
(c) A pickpocket
(d) A preacher

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Aunt Tranter affected in all of the problems?

2. Why does Ernestina come to Charles' hotel room?

3. What humiliation is Charles forced to undergo?

4. What does Sam tell Charles he wants two hundred and eighty pounds for?

5. How does Dr. Grogan rebut Charles' objection that nothing improper passed between him and Sarah?

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