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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. In Chapter 1, which old friend of Harriet's is ill and urges her to attend a school event?
(a) Mary Stokes.
(b) Betty Armstrong.
(c) Dorothy Collins.
(d) Vera Mollison.

2. While investigating the light in the New Library, Harriet runs into a student doing what?
(a) Finding a book.
(b) Getting milk.
(c) Getting coffee.
(d) Taking a walk.

3. What is Miss Lydgate clutching as the lights go off across the Quad?
(a) A student.
(b) Her torch.
(c) Her proofs.
(d) A rolling pin.

4. What kind of weather does Harriet drive through at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Hot.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Snowy.

5. Who asks if there is to be an opening ceremony for the lavatories?
(a) The chancellor.
(b) The porter Padgett.
(c) The Dean Miss Martin.
(d) Harriet.

Short Answer Questions

1. During her time at Oxford, Harriet discovers that people are more interested in whom, rather than herself?

2. How does Peter's April 1st proposal come to Harriet?

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

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

5. What has Peter broken when he takes Harriet to dinner after her return from Oxford?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Harriet find amusing about the invitation to Farringdon's party?

3. What does Harriet learn from Arbuthnot about Peter?

4. How does Harriet handle the vandalism of the New Library?

5. In Chapter 7, why does Harriet hide a man in the chapel during the middle of the night?

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

7. How does Harriet find the disaster in the New Library the night before its opening?

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

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

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

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