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

2. Who is Debbie?
(a) Gordon's sister.
(b) Gordon's second wife.
(c) One of the neighbors.
(d) One of Isobel's children.

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

4. What does Isobel want to ask Audrey?
(a) If she will run away with Isobel.
(b) Why she told Malcolm a secret Isobel told her.
(c) If she left the baby.
(d) If she is leaving home.l

5. What happens to Lady Fairfax one day?
(a) A gypsy tells her fortune.
(b) A cleric slaps her during one of her hysterical moments.
(c) She went for a walk and disappeared.
(d) A wolf attacks her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isobel end up asking Audrey?

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

3. For how long does Gordon disappear after his wife is gone?

4. What is Francis Fairfax's main occupation?

5. For what do the Baxters make excuses?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Charles and Isobel are born.

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

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

4. Where does Malcolm take Isobel, and what happens there?

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

6. What do the neighbors think of the new baby in the Fairfax household?

7. How does Debbie explain the raw meat on the table one morning?

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

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

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

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