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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 did attics represent to Olivia?
(a) History.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) Mystery.
(d) Both of these.

2. At what age was Olivia already considered a spinster?
(a) Twenty-three.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Twenty-six.
(d) Twenty-four.

3. What mountains were "looming like sleeping giants?"
(a) The Black Hills.
(b) The Appalachian Mountains.
(c) The Rocky Mountains.
(d) The Blue Ridge Mountains.

4. What disappointed Olivia about Malcolm's kiss?
(a) It had the passion of a wet noodle.
(b) All of these.
(c) It was hard and perfunctory.
(d) It was cold and chaste.

5. For what are the servants to watch?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Emptied glasses.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Emptied plates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news did Malcolm bring Olivia in the nursery?

2. What did Olivia represent?

3. What did Olivia's father buy her when she was a little girl?

4. For what or whomwas Malcolm always there?

5. What did Malcolm say to Olivia when he came to her that night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What memory did Olivia have that made her feel claustrophobic?

2. How did Olivia feel about the uniforms that she had found?

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

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

5. What began happening to Alicia and Garland?

6. How did Garland speak of Malcolm in reference to his childhood?

7. What news came by way of Malcolm to Olivia?

8. Why hadn't Malcolm taken a wife?

9. What were some of the major differences between Garland and Malcolm?

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

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