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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who invites Harriet to dinner and a show on April 1st?
(a) Saint-George.
(b) Peter.
(c) Pomfret.
(d) Farringdon.

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

3. Where does Harriet send Pomfret the morning after she meets him?
(a) To his dormitory.
(b) To the Dean's office.
(c) To the police.
(d) To the chemist's.

4. After the Gaudy Dinner, who invites Harriet for coffee?
(a) The Dean.
(b) The Warden.
(c) Mary Stokes.
(d) Phoebe Tucker.

5. In Chapter 6, Harriet wakes herself up calling for whom?
(a) Annie.
(b) Padgett.
(c) The poltergeist.
(d) Peter.

6. Whose manuscript has been mutilated in an act of vandalism?
(a) Miss Lydgate's.
(b) The Warden's.
(c) Miss Martin's.
(d) Miss Vine's.

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

8. Which student stole Miss Cattermole's fiancé?
(a) Miss Flaxman.
(b) Miss Fowler.
(c) Miss Millbanks.
(d) Miss Mollison.

9. In which language is the note that Harriet found on the hanging figure?
(a) English.
(b) Latin.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Arabic.

10. Catherine Freemantle, a former classmate of Harriet's, married a farmer and now lives where?
(a) On the Welsh border.
(b) In Yorkshire.
(c) In Ireland.
(d) On the Scottish border.

11. In Chapter 4, what does a servant find under the table where Peter and Harriet were dining?
(a) Hate mail.
(b) A letter from the Dean.
(c) A rose.
(d) Harriet's notebook.

12. Which maid at Shrewsbury College is a widow with two children?
(a) Linda.
(b) Jill.
(c) Annie.
(d) Sarah.

13. What has Peter broken when he takes Harriet to dinner after her return from Oxford?
(a) Harriet's handbag.
(b) His motorcar.
(c) His ankle.
(d) Two ribs.

14. Who is standing in front of the fuse box by the West Staircase?
(a) Padgett.
(b) Harriet.
(c) Miss Barton.
(d) Annie.

15. What does Harriet attend at the beginning of the summer term?
(a) A dance.
(b) The opening of the New Library.
(c) The Magdalen Mayday ceremony.
(d) A cricket match.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, Harriet is returning from where?

2. Why does Mrs. Goodwin not return at the beginning of the summer term?

3. Where had the gowns been burnt?

4. What is stuck into the figure that Harriet finds hanging from the ceiling?

5. Who asks if there is to be an opening ceremony for the lavatories?

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