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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Goodwin not return at the beginning of the summer term?
(a) Her husband just died.
(b) She has typhoid.
(c) Her son has measles.
(d) Her son is teething.

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

3. In Chapter 7, Harriet is returning from where?
(a) The theatre.
(b) London.
(c) A dance.
(d) Oxford.

4. At the end of Chapter 8, where does Harriet go for a soothing influence?
(a) London.
(b) Bath.
(c) Christ Church.
(d) Shrewsbury Chapel.

5. Where does Harriet stay at her second visit to Oxford?
(a) The Guest Room.
(b) A hotel.
(c) The Dean's house.
(d) The dormitories.

6. Why does Harriet ask Annie about Jukes?
(a) Annie is Juke's sister.
(b) Annie's children stay with Jukes.
(c) Annie saw Jukes prowling around at night.
(d) Annie used to work for Jukes.

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

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

9. How does Peter's April 1st proposal come to Harriet?
(a) In person.
(b) By letter.
(c) By telegram.
(d) By phone.

10. Where is Saint-George the second time Harriet sees him?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) On the river.
(c) The hospital.
(d) His room.

11. Besides Jukes and his family, who is in the house when it is raided?
(a) Harriet.
(b) Pomfret.
(c) Annie.
(d) Miss Martin.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Harriet offer to help with proof sheets?

2. Who walks with Harriet back to her room after having coffee?

3. Whose manuscript has been mutilated in an act of vandalism?

4. Whom do the Fellows and Tutors originally suspect as the culprit of the letters and vandalism?

5. What does Harriet read about Shrewsbury College in a newspaper?

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