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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Oscar meets his father along the road carrying buckets, what does Theophilus look like?
(a) Dressed up in his best suit.
(b) Shrunken with dark circles around his eyes.
(c) Tanned.
(d) Healthy and vigorous.

2. What is the name of the phenomenon having to do with glass that Lucinda witnessed as a young girl with her father?
(a) Prince Rupert's drops.
(b) Phosphorescence.
(c) Natural Resurgence.
(d) Circumzenithal arc.

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

4. Where does Oscar go to live after graduating from Oriel?
(a) Putney.
(b) Hennacombe.
(c) South Hampshire.
(d) Notting Hill.

5. How does Melody feel about her companions on board the ship?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Excited.
(c) Delighted.
(d) Fascinated.

6. When Reverend Stratton suggests that Theophilus should help with Oscar's education expenses, what does Theophilus say?
(a) Going to Oriel will place him in everlasting hell.
(b) He will give him one year's tuition.
(c) He is happy to help.
(d) He makes Oscar get a loan.

7. What does Lucinda's mother plan to do with the farm so she can retire from farming?
(a) Sell it to a cattle baron.
(b) Turn it into a coffee planation.
(c) Divide it into five parcels and sell it.
(d) Let the land grow fallow.

8. What is the name of the luxurious ocean liner that Oscar sails on?
(a) Leviathan.
(b) The Sir Anthony.
(c) London Twister.
(d) Sydney Sailor.

9. What extravagant gift does Oscar send the Strattons when he is at Oriel?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Cheescake.
(d) Wine.

10. What Sunday is it when Oscar leaves his father's home?
(a) Second Sunday after Easter.
(b) Third Sunday in October.
(c) Christmas Day.
(d) First Sunday in November.

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

12. Why does Lucinda like to spend time in Dennis' study?
(a) She likes to read his Wilkie Collins books.
(b) To play the violin.
(c) To do yoga.
(d) For friendship and warmth.

13. What kind of factory is for sale when Lucinda arrives in Sydney?
(a) Machine parts factory.
(b) Glassworks factory.
(c) Automobile factory.
(d) Cheesecake factory.

14. When Lucinda leaves Paramatta, who takes her to Sydney?
(a) Sol Myer.
(b) Mr. d'Abbs.
(c) Mr. Ahearn.
(d) Mrs. Cousins.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Oscar sitting when Lucinda talks with him on board the ship?

2. Where was Lucinda Leplastrier born?

3. What does Ian Wardley-Fish teach Oscar to do?

4. What did Lucinda's parents buy her for a birthday gift?

5. How did Lucinda's father die?

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