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

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

3. What does Charles lament?
(a) His ugly wife.
(b) His lack of education.
(c) His short stature.
(d) His lack of culture.

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

5. Where is Charles born?
(a) In a field.
(b) On a train.
(c) In Paris.
(d) In a hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the table covered in one morning when Isobel goes downstairs?

2. What lecture is boring Isobel in class?

3. What birthday is Isobel celebrating when this section opens?

4. What does Vinny do with anything Mr. Rice leaves at the house?

5. What does Francis Fairfax give his wife when he marries?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What gets Debbie's party off to a bad start?

3. Describe how Charles and Isobel are born.

4. How does Isobel come to find a single, unusual shoe in Vinny's closet and what is Vinny's reaction?

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

6. How do Isobel and Charles find their mother and what do they do?

7. Where is Audrey's mother and how has her mother impacted Audrey and Charles' life?

8. What are the circumstances surrounding Charlotte's death?

9. What business does Charlotte run and what are her long term intentions?

10. What does Isobel think she sees Mr. Rice doing and what is the outcome?

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