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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who approaches Peter while he is reading a letter from Harriet?
(a) Harriet.
(b) Saint-George.
(c) Peter's brother.
(d) A Count.

2. When Harriet visits Saint-George in the hospital the second time, what does she help him with?
(a) Writing to Peter.
(b) Studying.
(c) Talking to his parents.
(d) Paying bills.

3. Where does Harriet go after the term ends in April?
(a) London.
(b) Bath.
(c) Rome.
(d) Warsaw.

4. At the New Library ceremony, the maid Annie tells Harriet that the vandalism began after who arrived?
(a) Miss Martin.
(b) Miss Barton.
(c) Miss de Vine.
(d) Miss Hillyard.

5. What is Harriet doing when the lights go out in Tudor?
(a) Talking to Miss Martin.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Helping Miss Lydgate with proofs.
(d) Researching Sheridan Le Fanu.

6. How many colleges have been vandalized?
(a) Shrewsbury and three other Oxford colleges.
(b) Just Shrewsbury.
(c) Shrewsbury and New College.
(d) Shrewsbury and two other women's colleges.

7. Who walks with Harriet back to her room after having coffee?
(a) Miss Wilson.
(b) Miss de Vine.
(c) The Warden.
(d) The Dean.

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

9. Whom does Harriet find climbing up a wall of the college in the middle of the night?
(a) Miss Millbanks.
(b) The porter.
(c) Miss Flaxman.
(d) Pomfret.

10. What do the police find when they raid Juke's home in Chapter 9?
(a) Poison pen letters.
(b) Items stolen from students.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Miss Lydgate's manuscript.

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

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

13. Who hates Oxford and attends only because of her parents' wishes?
(a) Miss Briggs.
(b) Miss Flaxman.
(c) Miss Mollison.
(d) Miss Cattermole.

14. Who tells Harriet that she wants to own a motorcycle?
(a) Annie's daughter.
(b) Padgett's daughter.
(c) Miss Cattermole.
(d) Miss Newland.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Harriet read to Saint-George?

3. While having coffee after the Gaudy Dinner, who questions Harriet about the type of books she writes?

4. Whom does Miss Hillyard accuse of the acts of vandalism?

5. Why does Harriet ask Annie about Jukes?

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