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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What noise is described as being as "definite as a walnut cracking?"
(a) Angry clapping.
(b) Gunshot.
(c) Car backfiring.
(d) The man's head cracking.

3. What does Oscar pray for each night for the Strattons?
(a) Money.
(b) Children.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Mercy.

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

5. Why can't Mrs. Stratton have an official position in the Anglican church?
(a) Her husband has been made a bishop.
(b) Her husband is too powerful.
(c) She would have to give up her well-paying job.
(d) She's a woman and is not allowed to.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion does Oscar believe he must follow in Chapter 9?

2. How far away is the church the narrator's family attends?

3. When Oscar meets his father along the road carrying buckets, what does Theophilus look like?

4. What does Theophilus tell Oscar that the yellow "tor" stone is made of?

5. What does Elizabeth Mullins say when she attempts to lay the palm leaf underneath the horse's feet?

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