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

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

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

4. Who looks after the children until Charlotte and Vinny get home every day?
(a) Audrey.
(b) Mrs. Baxter.
(c) No one.
(d) Gordon.

5. What does Isobel do when she hears a voice?
(a) Wakes Charles.
(b) Asks for her mama.
(c) Screams.
(d) Runs away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lady Fairfax known to do?

2. What lecture is boring Isobel in class?

3. What does Vinny suspect Mr. Rice of doing?

4. How is the play Isobel attends?

5. What is Mr. Primrose wearing when Isobel spies him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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