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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Gordon meet Eliza?
(a) When he goes to a polo match after WWII.
(b) When he is imprisoned in Germany in WWII.
(c) When he rescues her from a bombed building.
(d) At the opera.

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

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

4. What does Isobel see when she experiences a time warp in this section?
(a) A young Vinny.
(b) Eliza as a child.
(c) Eliza in a past life in the 1700s.
(d) Her father as a fighter pilot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Charles and Isobel watch during the night?

2. How is the play Isobel attends?

3. What does Charlotte say about Eliza one day to the children?

4. When Isobel hears the supposed name of Debbie's illness, what does she wonder?

5. What does Charlotte tell the children about their father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Isobel find at the back door when she and Isobel are home alone?

2. What happens when Charles is eight years old?

3. What does Francis Fairfax give his new wife and what happens to the present?

4. What does Isobel write about both her and her brother's physical looks?

5. What does Isobel "see" in the time wrap she experiences in this chapter?

6. What does Isobel observe on a visit to the Baxters in autumn?

7. Give a very brief synopsis of the Fairfax family's status over time.

8. What are the signs that Vinny is a poor caregiver for the children?

9. Who is Audrey, and how does her father treat her?

10. Who is Francis Fairfax, and what does the narrator write about him?

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