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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nicholas pass the time before dinner?
(a) Searching for the owner of the glove.
(b) Walking on the beach.
(c) Exploring his bedroom.
(d) Looking around the music room.

2. In what language are the words "the waiting room" when Nicholas stumbles across the sign?
(a) Greek.
(b) English.
(c) Italian.
(d) French.

3. What does Nicholas discover he has as he leaves Conchis' villa?
(a) Alison waiting for him.
(b) Statue.
(c) Woman's glove.
(d) The Magus.

4. What would happen if Nicholas lost the game of chance Conchis proposed?
(a) He would be expelled from the island.
(b) He would have to tell Conchis his secrets.
(c) He would have to leave the villa.
(d) He would die.

5. What does Alison do when she and Nicholas return to her hotel room?
(a) She calls the police.
(b) She locks him out.
(c) Their argument turns violent.
(d) She throws things at him.

6. What kind of habitation does Nicholas notice near the villa?
(a) Feminine habitation.
(b) Bird habitation.
(c) Masculine habitation.
(d) Animal habitation.

7. Which of the following characters do the villagers claim never to have seen?
(a) Maria.
(b) Conchis.
(c) Alison.
(d) Lily.

8. Which of the following characters is the protagonist of this novel?
(a) Nicholas.
(b) Byron.
(c) Mitford.
(d) Alison.

9. What country does Conchis go to after he leaves England?
(a) Chile.
(b) Italy.
(c) Greece.
(d) Argentina.

10. What is Nicholas searching for as this novel opens?
(a) A job.
(b) A wife.
(c) His parents.
(d) A teacher.

11. Which of the following characters was Nicholas' predecessor at the school?
(a) Alison.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Byron.
(d) Miftord.

12. Which of the following is the best definition of the term banteringly as used in the following sentence: Nicholas and Alison speak banteringly of their love for each other.
(a) Teasingly.
(b) Mockingly.
(c) Surprisingly.
(d) Repartee.

13. How does Nicholas react to the smoke he sees coming from the chimney of a house?
(a) Anger.
(b) Surprise.
(c) Terror.
(d) Fear.

14. Which of the following terms best describes Maria as she brings breakfast to Nicholas?
(a) Deaf.
(b) Silent.
(c) Curious.
(d) Chatty.

15. What does Nicholas see in the garden?
(a) Conchis talking to a woman.
(b) Maria gathering flowers.
(c) Two people in an embrace.
(d) Woman in white.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nicholas do when he returns to his room instead of preparing to sleep?

2. How does Alison feel about Nicholas' response?

3. What does the message from Conchis tell Nicholas?

4. How does Nicholas feel as he walks back to the school?

5. What does Conchis use to distract Lily?

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