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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Harriet notices the light on in the New Library, whose room does she find empty?
(a) Miss de Vine's.
(b) Miss Barton's.
(c) Miss Martin's.
(d) Miss Burrow's.

2. Who tries to blackmail Pomfret for climbing over the college wall?
(a) Jukes.
(b) Farringdon.
(c) The Dean.
(d) Harriet.

3. Whom was Shrewsbury College named after?
(a) Mary, Countess of Shrewsbury, who was considered greater than her husband.
(b) Mary, Countess of Shrewsbury, who was meek and mild mannered.
(c) Lord Shrewsbury, who founded the college.
(d) Lord Shrewsbury, who first allowed women to attend Oxford.

4. What does Harriet do for a living?
(a) Writes science textbooks.
(b) Writes for a newspaper.
(c) Writes romance novels.
(d) Writes mysteries.

5. Which two students on bicycles meet Mr. Pomfret and Harriet at the gate?
(a) Miss Flaxman and Miss Cattermole.
(b) Jukes and Miss Cattermole.
(c) Farringdon and Miss Flaxman.
(d) Farringdon and Miss Cattermole.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 8, where does Harriet go for a soothing influence?

2. Where does Harriet stay at her second visit to Oxford?

3. Of what had Harriet been accused by the police?

4. Who hates Oxford and attends only because of her parents' wishes?

5. When telling her about the New Library vandalism, what does Harriet smell in Miss Burrow the librarian's room?

(see the answer key)

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