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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What birthday is Isobel celebrating when this section opens?
(a) 60.
(b) 33.
(c) 50.
(d) 22.

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

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

7. What is Gordon's position in WWII?
(a) Infantryman.
(b) Demolitions expert.
(c) Gunner's mate.
(d) Fighter pilot.

8. For what do the Baxters make excuses?
(a) Their son not coming with them.
(b) Not eating the undercooked meat.
(c) Not bringing the wine they said they were going to bring.
(d) Their daughter not coming with them.

9. Who claims to be the mother of the baby?
(a) Vinny.
(b) Eunice.
(c) Isobel.
(d) Debbie.

10. What happens in 1605 at the Fairfax manor?
(a) Francis Fairfax dies.
(b) An outbreak of the smallpox.
(c) The manor burns to the ground.
(d) Francis Fairfax dies.

11. Why is Malcolm's mother disappointed?
(a) Because Malcolm does not bring her chocolate.
(b) Because Isobel is not Hilary.
(c) Because Malcolm does nolt bring her flowers.
(d) Because Malcolm's father does not visit.

12. What does Vinny do with anything Mr. Rice leaves at the house?
(a) Packs it in a box and puts it in the cellar.
(b) Gives it to a local homeless man.
(c) Gives it to a thrift shop.
(d) Burns it all.

13. What is Mr. Primrose wearing when Isobel spies him?
(a) A fedora hat.
(b) A swim suit.
(c) A pair of cowboy boots with a tuxedo.
(d) A dress.

14. What does Isobel find when searching Vinny's wardrobe?
(a) A single, unusual shoe.
(b) A one-way plane ticket to the United States.
(c) A new purse.
(d) Some ticket stubs.

15. How do girls find Isobel's brother?
(a) Boorish.
(b) Witty.
(c) Handsome.
(d) Not attractive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isobel notice about Aubrey one day?

2. What is the date of the setting of the novel?

3. Where does Gordon say Eliza is?

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

5. How is the play Isobel attends?

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