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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. Whom does Harriet offer to help with proof sheets?
(a) Miss Lydgate.
(b) Miss Martin.
(c) Miss Hillyard.
(d) Miss Barton.

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

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

4. What had Saint-George asked of Peter?
(a) A visit.
(b) A loan.
(c) A vacation.
(d) A new car.

5. Why is Pomfret at Shrewsbury College the morning after Harriet caught him climbing the wall?
(a) He is calling on Harriet.
(b) He is meeting with Jukes.
(c) He is calling on Miss Cattermole.
(d) He is attending a lecture.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Miss Pyke discovers that what is missing right before she has to lecture?

3. Where had the gowns been burnt?

4. What is Miss Lydgate clutching as the lights go off across the Quad?

5. In Chapter 1, which old friend of Harriet's is ill and urges her to attend a school event?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Harriet and Peter's relationship from the time of Harriet's return from Europe to her weekend at the Gaudy.

2. After the vandalism of the New Library, what do the Warden and Harriet decide about the investigation?

3. Does Harriet learn anything about the poltergeist from the night when the fuses were removed?

4. How does Saint-George embarrass himself in front of Harriet?

5. In the meeting that takes place during Chapter 5, why is it concluded that the culprit must be a resident at Oxford?

6. Why does Harriet offer to help Miss Lydgate with her proofs?

7. Why is Sunday the best part of a Gaudy?

8. Why does Miss Martin, Dean at Shrewsbury College, write a letter to Harriet in Chapter 4?

9. In Chapter 3, which two subjects had Harriet hoped not to think about at Oxford? Does she?

10. What is significant about April 1st?

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