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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On the bright, sunny morning in Lyme, how does Ernestina awaken?
(a) Bright and bubbly, anxious to see Charles.
(b) Afraid that exposure to sunlight would darken her skin.
(c) In a mood that the brilliance of the morning only aggravated.
(d) Too late to see Charles who had already left for a walk.

3. How do the simpering daughters of the Lady seduce Charles in order to snare him as a husband for one of them?
(a) Pretend they were interested in his paleontology.
(b) Wear seductive clothes.
(c) Get him alone in the garden.
(d) Propose marriage to him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Charles' grandfather's archeological finds housed?

2. Why does Mrs. Poulteney insist Sarah stay when Mrs. Tranter calls with Charles and Ernestina in tow?

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

4. What has happened to Sarah while Charles is away from Lyme?

5. What imagery does Knowles insert at the point in the conversation where Sarah admits to ceasing her cruelty with the lieutenant?

Short Essay Questions

1. The morning Ernestina has a migraine, describe Charles' acting as a moth being drawn to a flame.

2. What does Charles say to Sarah about morality?

3. What warning does Ernestina give Mary about Sam?

4. What is the vicar's explanation for the fact that Sarah speaks French when Mrs. Poulteney is shocked at the idea?

5. When a search party is formed to find the missing Sarah, how does Charles know she is still alive?

6. What saves Charles from having to explain why he has been playing with fire?

7. Sarah is described as not beautiful by any standards. What is it that captivates Charles so much when he first sees her face?

8. What is Sarah's gift that makes her more intelligent than most Victorian women?

9. What are the indications of Charles as an eligible bachelor before his engagement to Ernestina?

10. In Lyme, by some strata of society, Sarah Woodruff is known as the French lieutenant's whore. Ernestina has another name for her. Why and what is it?

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