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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Olivia wear that had belonged to her mother?
(a) A diamond brooch.
(b) An emerald pendant.
(c) A pink sapphire pendant.
(d) A blue sapphire pendant.

2. Why shouldn't Olivia feel subordinate to Malcolm's father's new wife?
(a) The kind of woman that impresses Malcolm's father is the vapid kind.
(b) Olivia is likely to be far more beautiful.
(c) She is not likely to be Olivia's equal.
(d) Olivia is likely to be smarter.

3. What did doctors dub this neckline?
(a) The Death blouse.
(b) The Indecent blouse.
(c) The Plague blouse.
(d) The Pneumonia blouse.

4. How many phones were there on the desk?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

5. How did the people at Olivia's reception make her feel?
(a) They took pains to make her feel like a giant.
(b) They were warm and kindly people.
(c) Like an uninvited guest at her own party.
(d) Like an old friend after a long trip.

6. What was Olivia not to discuss at the table?
(a) When she got her period.
(b) How she lost her mother.
(c) A woman's place in the world.
(d) The woman's suffrage movement.

7. What had happened to Malcolm's mother?
(a) She had killed herself.
(b) All of these.
(c) She had run off when he was five.
(d) She had died in her sleep.

8. What did Olivia represent?
(a) The ugly duckling.
(b) The swan.
(c) A butterfly.
(d) None of these.

9. What was the dressmakers name?
(a) Miss Auburdeen.
(b) Miss Fairchild.
(c) Miss Auberchild.
(d) Miss Fairleen.

10. What food is mentioned in Chapter Five?
(a) Petit fours.
(b) Caviar.
(c) Small sandwiches.
(d) All of these.

11. What had Olivia waited to have for so long?
(a) All of these.
(b) Whispered words of love and affection.
(c) Cuddling.
(d) Morning kisses.

12. What thought infuriated Olivia?
(a) That her boys weren't as fawned over as Alicia's were.
(b) Alicia might be able to get Malcolm to do something Olivia could not.
(c) That her boys were being tutored in the hottest room in the house.
(d) All of these.

13. What did Olivia's father buy her when she was a little girl?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) A priceless handcrafted dollhouse.
(c) Both of these.
(d) A priceless handcrafted porcelain doll.

14. Which of the servants had known Malcolm all his life?
(a) Mrs. Wilson.
(b) Mr. Olsen.
(c) Lucas.
(d) Mrs. Steiner.

15. At what age did Malcolm lose his mother?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Malcolm's father's bride to Olivia?

2. Why did Olivia greet Malcolm warmly when he had approached her in the nursery?

3. What did Olivia and Malcolm name their firstborn son?

4. What did the women talk about?

5. What terrified Olivia?

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