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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 71 - 80.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Oscar do to the cards when the wave crashed over the deck?
(a) Handed them to Lucinda.
(b) Shuffled them without concern.
(c) Threw them across the room.
(d) Threw them out the porthole.

2. What is the name of the church that the narrator and his family go to each Sunday?
(a) Three River Church.
(b) St. Mary's.
(c) Assumption Church.
(d) St. John's.

3. Who is Mrs. Judd?
(a) Oscar's housekeeper.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Oscar's laundress.

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

5. When Oscar is peering through the fence at Reverend Stratton butchering a pig, what does Stratton throw at Oscar?
(a) Stick.
(b) Stone.
(c) Pine cone.
(d) Book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucinda steal from the boat and place on the hotel counter in Sydney?

2. What does Oscar do when his father gives him the scientific name for his new grey "tor" stone in Chapter 10?

3. Who is Mrs. Smith?

4. What excuse does Lucinda give Dennis when she tells him she must leave before their celebratory dinner in Chapter 40?

5. Where was Lucinda Leplastrier born?

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