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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 was in the separate room in the attic?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) A bedroom.
(c) Both of these.
(d) A schoolroom.

2. Olivia compared the people at her reception to what animal?
(a) Vipers.
(b) Falcons.
(c) Wasps.
(d) Worms.

3. How did Malcolm treat Olivia the first time he 'slept' with her?
(a) With hatred and lust.
(b) With love and tenderness.
(c) With compassion and respect.
(d) With hesitancy and tenderness.

4. What was the name of the retired Sunday School teacher?
(a) Mr. Chesterton.
(b) Mr. Chillingworth.
(c) Mr. Challingworth.
(d) Mr. Chillington.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did attics represent to Olivia?

2. What were Malcolm's concerns when he saw his father's bride pregnant?

3. Why is Malcolm's father dependent on him?

4. What did Olivia represent?

5. What was Malcolm's mother's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Malcolm feel about marriage?

2. What kinds of things did Olivia find in the attic?

3. How did Mal's birth revive Olivia's hopes for love? What actually occurred?

4. What had Olivia been certain about in regards to the attic?

5. What both intrigued and dismayed Olivia about the library?

6. What did Olivia have to fight Malcolm over?

7. What had Olivia done for her wedding night, and what did she expect?

8. What had Malcolm's mother done and what explanation did he offer for her behavior?

9. How did Malcolm react to the news that Olivia couldn't have any more children after Joel?

10. How did Olivia feel when she had awakened?

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