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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color eyes does Lucinda have?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

2. What does Mrs. Stratton ask Oscar his opinion about the first night he dines with them?
(a) Greek versus Latin languages.
(b) The propriety of having more than one altar.
(c) The dining room curtains.
(d) The new china pattern she has selected.

3. What were the names of Lucinda's parents?
(a) Patty and John.
(b) Julia and Daniel.
(c) Nancy and Dick.
(d) Elizabeth and Abel.

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

5. Where did Lucinda's parents keep their money?
(a) Jam jars.
(b) Cookie jar.
(c) In their cupboard.
(d) Old tins.

6. How far away is the church the narrator's family attends?
(a) Two miles.
(b) One mile.
(c) Four miles.
(d) Ten miles.

7. What does Lucinda mainly remember about her mother?
(a) Her bitterness and anger.
(b) Her fine cooking.
(c) Her conservative clothing.
(d) Her sweetness.

8. Who is Tom Wilson?
(a) Harvey Figg's assistant.
(b) Lucinda's cousin.
(c) Lucinda's boyfriend.
(d) Dennis' friend.

9. What does Lucinda's mother feud with her neighbors about?
(a) Crooked fences.
(b) Property markings.
(c) Their stray dogs.
(d) Color of their houses.

10. What did Theophilus believe Christmas was?
(a) A Christian holiday.
(b) The best holiday.
(c) A time for family celebration.
(d) A pagan holiday.

11. What was the Christian sect that Theophilus was a member of?
(a) Baptists.
(b) Catholics.
(c) Plymouth Brethren.
(d) Anglicans.

12. Why did the narrator's mother take the wire from the fuse in Chapter 2?
(a) To hang a picture.
(b) To make an Advent wreath.
(c) To fix a broken chain.
(d) To create a bracelet.

13. What does the narrator say was responsible for the story of the church?
(a) A Christmas pudding.
(b) An abandoned building.
(c) Snowstorm.
(d) A lost puppy.

14. What does Theophilus Hopkins study in the natural world?
(a) Astrology.
(b) The sea.
(c) Trees.
(d) Plants in Australia.

15. What is trapped in the mudflats below Mr. d'Abbs house?
(a) Lucinda's shoe.
(b) A cow.
(c) Two ducks.
(d) A car.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why can't Mrs. Stratton have an official position in the Anglican church?

3. What does Theophilus ask Mrs. Williams to do after Oscar runs away?

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

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

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