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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 Mrs. Allen congratulate herself once in the tea-room?
(a) Her dress has not been injured.
(b) She has many social connections at the ball.
(c) Her dress is the loveliest in the room.
(d) She secured Catherine and herself the best seats in the room.

2. What is the name of the village in which Catherine lives with her family?
(a) Fullerton.
(b) Wiltshire.
(c) Woodston.
(d) Sussex.

3. Who does Mrs. Allen wish was at the ball?
(a) The Skinners.
(b) The Pattersons.
(c) The Drews.
(d) The Brightons.

4. What does Isabelle proclaim to detest as she waits by the side of the road?
(a) Gigs.
(b) Puddles.
(c) Crowds.
(d) Horses.

5. When Catherine is at the ball, what does she overhear two men call her?
(a) An ugly girl.
(b) A pretty girl.
(c) An awkward girl.
(d) A lovely girl.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long did Isabella have to wait for Catherine at the pump-rooms in Chapter 6?

3. What does Isabella feel that Miss Andrews is lacking?

4. Where does John Thorpe disappear to when the group arrives at the dance?

5. How do James and John know each other?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Catherine's family.

2. Why is Catherine mortified following her visit to the Tilney home?

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

4. How does Isabella already know of Catherine?

5. How does Henry support his suggestion that a country-dance is like a marriage?

6. What comment does Austen make about fashion?

7. How do Isabella and James know each other?

8. What explanation is given for Catherine being turned away at the Tilney home?

9. What is puzzling to Catherine about her conversation with John Thorpe on the topic of the carriage her brother drives?

10. At the beginning of Chapter 11, what is Catherine's main concern and why?

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