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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ultimatum does Eliza give Gordon?
(a) She will leave him if he does not send Isobel to a good school.
(b) She does not give him an ultimatum.
(c) She will leave him if he does not move them out of Charlotte's house.
(d) She will leave him if he does not agree to another child.

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

3. What do Charles and Isobel watch during the night?
(a) Their father drive away.
(b) Their father slap Charlotte.
(c) Their father slap Vinny.
(d) Their mother come in the front door.

4. Why does Isobel go to the Baxter's house?
(a) To visit Audrey.
(b) To return their dish.
(c) To take them a cake.
(d) To borrow sugar.

5. What does Vinny make no effort to conceal?
(a) Her dislike of Eliza.
(b) Her out-of-wedlock pregnancy.
(c) Her alcohol consumption.
(d) Her dislike of Isobel.

6. What occurs in Fairfax Manor in 1582?
(a) Nothing, as it is not yet built.
(b) A fire destroys the manor.
(c) He is elected mayor.
(d) The Queen visits.

7. What does Eliza sometimes do with Charles and Isobel on vacation at the seashore?
(a) Make sand castles.
(b) Paddle in the shallow water.
(c) Fish.
(d) Dig for clams.

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

9. Where does Isobel think she has been transported one day on her way home from school?
(a) The 19th century.
(b) The 12th century.
(c) Mars.
(d) The 16th century.

10. What does Richard Primrose do when he enters Isobel's room?
(a) Gives her some information about her mother.
(b) Reads her part of a Shakespeare play.
(c) Asks her to the prom.
(d) Attacks her.

11. How does Eunice upset Isobel?
(a) She tells Isobel that Isobel's mother was not a nice lady.
(b) She tells Isobel that her new puppy belongs to a neighbor.
(c) She tells Isobel she heard Malcolm is dating Hilary.
(d) She tells Isobel that it's sad Isobel is so tall.

12. What does Lady Fairfax give Francis Fairfax?
(a) A daughter.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A son.
(d) A prophesy.

13. What does the flashback in this section concern?
(a) When Charlotte opens her grocery.
(b) When Charles and Isobel are lost in the woods.
(c) To when Vinny gets married.
(d) When Eliza is pregnant.

14. Of what does Isobel have no memory?
(a) Being where Eunice sees her earlier.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her uncle Frank.
(d) Her mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many photographs do Isobel and Charles have of their mother?

2. How do the neighbors respond to the presence of the baby?

3. What does Isobel say about her size?

4. How do girls find Isobel's brother?

5. What is Gordon's position in WWII?

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