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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Halcourt suggest Robert do with his investigation into George's disappearance?
(a) Go to Wildernsea.
(b) Hire an investigator.
(c) Stop it.
(d) Look in Australia.

2. Why does Lady Audley go to Mount Stanning?
(a) To pay a bribe to Luke and Phoebe.
(b) To ask for Luke's help in hiding George's body.
(c) To confess to Robert.
(d) To beg Robert to keep her secret.

3. Why does Robert believe Lady Audley might leave Audley Court without his interference?
(a) Knowledge of Robert's continued investigation.
(b) The warning Captain Maldon should have given her.
(c) Knowledge of the letters Clara provided Robert.
(d) A warning from Clara Talboys.

4. What was Lady Audley attempting to protect when she killed George?
(a) Her child.
(b) Her husband, Lord Audley.
(c) Her position as Lady Audley.
(d) Her father.

5. Why do Robert and Clara plan a trip to Australia?
(a) To check on George's property there.
(b) To claim George's fortune.
(c) To look for George.
(d) To show Georgie where his father made his fortune.

6. What event forces Robert to return to the investigation sooner than he expected?
(a) Lord Audley's illness.
(b) The discovery of new evidence.
(c) Lady Audley's illness.
(d) News of George's reappearance.

7. What item did Lucy Graham leave behind after she stopped working for the school that was her employer before Essex?
(a) A letter.
(b) A stack of clothing.
(c) A box.
(d) Bills.

8. What does Clara send to Robert in order to aid his investigation?
(a) Letters from Helen to George.
(b) Letters from George to Helen.
(c) Letters to her from George.
(d) Letters from Clara to George.

9. Where is the institute the doctor recommends for Lady Audley?
(a) Belgium.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Sydney.

10. Why does Alicia write Robert and promise that she is keeping Sir Michael as busy as possible?
(a) So he will not think of his wife.
(b) So he will not return to Audley Court too soon.
(c) So he will not become ill with grief.
(d) So he will not try to rescue Lady Audley from the hospital.

11. What does the doctor find after examining Lady Audley?
(a) She is suffering the plague.
(b) She is ill and needs help.
(c) She is perfectly sane.
(d) She is pregnant.

12. What threat does Lady Audley make against Robert?
(a) She promises to throw him in an asylum.
(b) She promises to tell her husband they are lovers.
(c) She threatens to kill him.
(d) She threatens to kill Lord Audley.

13. Why does Lady Audley believe her secret will never be revealed?
(a) Because she is willing to kill anyone who learns the truth.
(b) Because she is innocent.
(c) Because she has covered her tracks too well.
(d) Because she has the money to bribe anyone who knows the truth.

14. What did Robert think Lady Audley would do when he confronted her with proof of her secret?
(a) She would confess to Lord Audley.
(b) She would give herself up to the police.
(c) She would leave quietly.
(d) She would tell him where George is.

15. Who is Mrs. Balkham?
(a) A woman from Wildernsea who remembers Helen Talboys.
(b) A woman from Australia who knew George.
(c) A woman from London who was good friends with Lady Audley.
(d) A woman from the Isle of Wight who knows Captain Maldon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What excuse does Phoebe give for asking for this money?

2. What place does Sir Michael swear he will never go to again?

3. Who suspects Lady Audley of setting the fire at Mount Stanning?

4. Why does Robert return to the home of the Talboys?

5. Where does George reveal he has been all this time?

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