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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Isobel see Malcolm talking?
(a) Audrey.
(b) Hilary.
(c) Debbie.
(d) Charlotte.

2. What does Eliza do when she goes into labor with Isobel?
(a) Makes Gordon take her to London for the birth.
(b) Goes to the local midwife's home.
(c) Locks herself in her room and gives birth alone.
(d) Goes into the woods to have the baby.

3. In what year does Francis Fairfax arrive in Lythe?
(a) 1692.
(b) 1580.
(c) 1777.
(d) 1980.

4. What does Vinny want Isobel to get her?
(a) A recipe from a neighbor.
(b) A better pair of shoes.
(c) Some money.
(d) A recommendation for a job.

5. What is Audrey doing during the lecture that bores Isobel?
(a) Taking copious notes.
(b) Eating a bag of peanuts.
(c) Writing a poem.
(d) Sleeping.

6. Who is Debbie?
(a) Gordon's second wife.
(b) One of the neighbors.
(c) Gordon's sister.
(d) One of Isobel's children.

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

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

9. What does Charlotte Fairfax do?
(a) A nurse.
(b) Runs the family grocery business.
(c) A librarian.
(d) A seamstress.

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

11. Who looks after the children until Charlotte and Vinny get home every day?
(a) No one.
(b) Gordon.
(c) Audrey.
(d) Mrs. Baxter.

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

13. What does Charlotte say about Eliza one day to the children?
(a) She is dead.
(b) She is not coming back.
(c) She will be home the next day.
(d) She is in a hospital and cannot wake up.

14. What happens to Lady Fairfax one day?
(a) She went for a walk and disappeared.
(b) A cleric slaps her during one of her hysterical moments.
(c) A wolf attacks her.
(d) A gypsy tells her fortune.

15. What is the date of the setting of the novel?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1745.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Malcolm's mother disappointed?

2. What does Charles find that he incorporates into his theories about his mother?

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

4. What does Isobel want to ask Audrey?

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

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