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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. Where does John Thorpe offer to take Catherine in his carriage?
(a) Back home to Fullerton.
(b) To the nightly ball.
(c) To Oxford.
(d) To Lansdown Hill

2. In Chapter 10, where does Catherine go one afternoon with hopes of encountering Miss Tilney?
(a) On a country walk.
(b) To a dress shop.
(c) The pump-room.
(d) To the theatre.

3. At the close of Chapter 10, what have Eleanor and Henry invited Catherine to do?
(a) To join them on a country walk.
(b) To visit their home.
(c) To join them at the theatre.
(d) To take a carriage ride.

4. How much money did Mr. Morland give Catherine before she left?
(a) Fifty pounds.
(b) Five pounds.
(c) Ten guineas.
(d) Twenty guineas.

5. What does Mrs. Allen call a disagreeable thing to carry?
(a) A cigar.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A suitcase.
(d) An umbrella.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine lay awake for ten minutes debating?

2. After she leaves the Tilney home, who does Catherine see coming out soon after her?

3. Where is Mr. Tilney's family based?

4. What does Catherine decide when she sees her friends coming down the road for her in Chapter 11?

5. While dancing with John, where does Catherine find herself looking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator tell the reader about Catherine's character at the start of Chapter 2?

2. What misunderstanding does John apparently have of the Morland family?

3. Why does Catherine leave the dance early?

4. Why does Catherine tell Henry that she cannot dance with him?

5. What is the result of Catherine's conversation with Eleanor in the pump-room?

6. Who do Catherine and Isabella meet on the streets at the beginning of Chapter 7?

7. What comment does Austen make about fashion?

8. What are Catherine's feelings as she climbs into the carriage for the trip to Bristol?

9. How did Catherine's family act on the day of her departure?

10. How do Isabella and James know each other?

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