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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 - 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lucy make at the large table in the kitchen while Theophilus is sitting there?
(a) Pie.
(b) Cake.
(c) Stew.
(d) Scones.

2. What local gossip does Theophilus repeat about the inscriptions along the path?
(a) The villagers wrote the messages.
(b) The villagers believe they are magical.
(c) His rival created them.
(d) The blank square is used for sacrificing goats.

3. How old is Oscar when he leaves his father's home?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Nearly sixteen.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Twelve.

4. What does Theophilus check every morning as Oscar stands on a footstool?
(a) Oscar's teeth.
(b) Oscar's scalp.
(c) Oscar's heart.
(d) Oscar's lungs.

5. Who did the narrator's mother love to invite over for tea?
(a) Other mothers.
(b) Her son's friends.
(c) The bishop.
(d) Her relatives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the willow pattern on the Stratton's china look like to Oscar?

2. What does the narrator say was responsible for the story of the church?

3. Why did the narrator's mother take the wire from the fuse in Chapter 2?

4. When Oscar is peering through the fence at Reverend Stratton butchering a pig, what does Stratton throw at Oscar?

5. What does Mrs. Stratton ask Oscar his opinion about the first night he dines with them?

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