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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Gordon troubled?
(a) Because Charles is dating a poor, uneducated woman.
(b) Because Charles wants to move to London.
(c) Because of the shoe Isobel finds in Vinny's closet.
(d) Because Vinny is so critical of Isobel.

2. Who does Charles want to see when he wakes?
(a) Isobel.
(b) Gordon.
(c) Eliza.
(d) Charlotte.

3. What does Gordon give Eliza for Christmas one year?
(a) A new car.
(b) A diamond necklace.
(c) A trip to her native Australia.
(d) A gold ring with emerals and diamonds.

4. What does Charles give Gordon?
(a) Eliza's shoe.
(b) A piece of his chocolate.
(c) A book.
(d) Eliza's ring.

5. What does Isobel want to ask Audrey?
(a) If she left the baby.
(b) If she is leaving home.l
(c) Why she told Malcolm a secret Isobel told her.
(d) If she will run away with Isobel.

6. What does the Fairfax family buy in the 20th century?
(a) A library of old books.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A house built on their previous manor.
(d) An estate in a neighboring county.

7. What is the table covered in one morning when Isobel goes downstairs?
(a) Maps.
(b) Raw meat.
(c) Lottery tickets.
(d) Receipts.

8. What happens to Isobel's mother?
(a) She left Isobel and Isobel's father.
(b) She disappeared in the woods.
(c) She died in a horseback riding accident.
(d) She died while giving birth to Isobel.

9. For how long does Gordon disappear after his wife is gone?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 6 months.

10. Where do Malcolm and Isobel visit?
(a) An amphitheater in the city park.
(b) Malcolm's mother in the hospital.
(c) A park outside of the town.
(d) Malcolm's grandmother in a nursing home.

11. What does Charles say they must do?
(a) Go home.
(b) Find Vinny.
(c) Help Eliza.
(d) Help Charlotte.

12. Why is Mr. Rice in trouble with Debbie?
(a) She catches him in a compromising position.
(b) He promised to mow her lawn and has not.
(c) He owes her money.
(d) He broke a good piece of her china.

13. Where is Charles born?
(a) In Paris.
(b) On a train.
(c) In a field.
(d) In a hospital.

14. Who is Isobel Fairfax?
(a) The narrator.
(b) A young girl in Italy.
(c) A young girl in New England.
(d) An elderly woman in New England.

15. What does Isobel do when she hears a voice?
(a) Screams.
(b) Wakes Charles.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Asks for her mama.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Audrey doing during the lecture that bores Isobel?

2. What happens to Lady Fairfax one day?

3. For how long have historians searched for the Fairfax jewel?

4. What is one thing Mr. Rice leaves behind when he vacates the house?

5. What does the flashback in this section concern?

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