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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which maid at Shrewsbury College is a widow with two children?
2. Several of Harriet's classmates ask her about which Lord?
3. Harriet and the Dean discuss the absence of what in the malevolent notes?
4. Who is standing in front of the fuse box by the West Staircase?
5. What does Harriet read about Shrewsbury College in a newspaper?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Harriet find the disaster in the New Library the night before its opening?
2. In the meeting that takes place during Chapter 5, why is it concluded that the culprit must be a resident at Oxford?
3. In Chapter 1, what are Harriet's emotions as she returns to Shrewsbury College?
4. In Chapter 5, what do the Dean and Harriet conclude from the absence of spelling mistakes in the poison pen letters?
5. In Chapter 2, what does Harriet talk about while having coffee with the Dean and her other classmates?
6. What does Harriet choose to tell the faculty about the figure hanging in the chapel?
7. After the vandalism of the New Library, what do the Warden and Harriet decide about the investigation?
8. How have Harriet's classmates changed from when they graduated to when she saw them again at the unveiling of the clock?
9. Why is Sunday the best part of a Gaudy?
10. What does Harriet learn from Arbuthnot about Peter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At various times during the book, different members of the college are under suspicion. Choose two of these members. Explain their possible motives and reasons for them being under suspicion.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the three gifts that Peter has given Harriet. Compare the first two. What is significant about the third? How does Harriet react to each one?
Essay Topic 3
There is a violent storm in Chapter 13. Explain the symbolism of the storm in regard to the preceding and proceeding events and the faculty members.
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