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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Baxter's position?
(a) Choirmaster of the Anglican church.
(b) Chief of police.
(c) Headmaster of the elementary school.
(d) Mayor.

2. What lecture is boring Isobel in class?
(a) On the Civil War.
(b) On mitosis.
(c) On logarithms.
(d) On photosynthesis.

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

4. How is the play Isobel attends?
(a) The play does not take place.
(b) About average for amateurs.
(c) Bad even by amateur standards.
(d) Quite good for amateurs.

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

6. Why do the Baxters call their home "Sithean"?
(a) Isobel does not explain.
(b) Because it is a Scottish name.
(c) It is the name of Mrs. Baxter's ancestors.
(d) It is the name of the closest town.

7. What does Mr. Baxter retire?
(a) He is at the retirement age.
(b) He has injuried a young boy.
(c) He is ill.
(d) He does not retire.

8. Where does Gordon say Eliza is?
(a) At home.
(b) In a motel.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) At the police station.

9. What does Isobel notice about Aubrey one day?
(a) She has grown a couple inches.
(b) She has a bad cough.
(c) She seems to be gaining weight.
(d) She has changed the color of her lipstick.

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

11. What does Charles find that he incorporates into his theories about his mother?
(a) Monogrammed stationary.
(b) A belt that looks like one his mother wore.
(c) A wedding ring.
(d) A monogrammed handkerchief.

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

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

14. What does Isobel say about her size?
(a) She is a dwarf.
(b) She is petite.
(c) She is large.
(d) She is over six feet tall and very beautiful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Primrose wearing when Isobel spies him?

2. What does Charles give Gordon?

3. What does Charles collect?

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

5. What does Charles say they must do?

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