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

3. Why does Vinny criticize Isobel?
(a) For being a sloppy dresser.
(b) For not doing her hair better.
(c) For searching Vinny's belongings.
(d) For criticizing Vinny's shoes.

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

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

6. Where does Charlotte serve the children lunch?
(a) In the formal dining room.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) On the patio.
(d) In bed.

7. For how long have historians searched for the Fairfax jewel?
(a) A few months.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 400 years.
(d) 2 years.

8. What does Gordon tell Isobel about Eliza at the end of the chapter?
(a) That Charles has to start seeing a psychiatrist.
(b) That Isobel must claim the baby as her own.
(c) That he killed Eliza.
(d) That Eliza is in the United States and he was with her while he was gone.

9. What does Charles collect?
(a) Coins.
(b) Artifacts relating to his mother.
(c) Cars.
(d) Model airplanes.

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

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

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

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

15. 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) Some ticket stubs.
(d) A new purse.