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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is in the envelope that Lucinda gives to Oscar when Oscar leaves on the expedition?
(a) A letter to Dennis.
(b) Legal document promising him her fortune.
(c) Love sonnet.
(d) A drawing of the glass church.

2. What does Lucinda think of Mr. Borradaile?
(a) He is too silent.
(b) He is a barbarian.
(c) He is admirable.
(d) He is attractive to her.

3. What does Mr. Jeffris wish to be?
(a) Fisherman.
(b) Judge.
(c) An explorer.
(d) Sea captain.

4. How many days is Wardley-Fish imprisoned in Sydney?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Two.
(d) Twenty.

5. What does Mr. d'Abbs tell Lucinda that Jeffris loves?
(a) Target practice.
(b) Being popular.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Danger.

6. What does Lucinda offer to Mr. Jeffris and his men so that they return Oscar safely?
(a) A wagon with a soft bed.
(b) Cash bonus.
(c) Better horses.
(d) Crystals.

7. What does Lucinda confess when Oscar encourages her to make her confession?
(a) Her addiction to gambling.
(b) Her love for him.
(c) Her hatred of Dennis.
(d) That she stole money from her factory workers.

8. How does Oscar decide about taking a job offer in Chapter 75?
(a) By meditating.
(b) By praying.
(c) By asking his father's advice.
(d) By flipping a coin.

9. What has Oscar placed in the envelope for Lucinda?
(a) A lock of hair.
(b) A poem.
(c) His favorite pieces of glass.
(d) Money.

10. What does Lucinda say she envies about Oscar when they are dining out and discussing Oscar's idea of a glass church?
(a) He knows his own value.
(b) The way he dresses.
(c) His close relationship with his father.
(d) His red hair.

11. What does Lucinda wager in her bet with Oscar about delivering a glass church to Dennis?
(a) Her entire fortune.
(b) Her special cards.
(c) Her glass factory.
(d) Her house.

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

13. How much does Mr. Stratton plan to bet at the racetrack his first time there?
(a) His entire life savings.
(b) Twenty pounds.
(c) One pound.
(d) One hundred quid.

14. What happens to Wardley-Fish as he follows Oscar's expedition and comes across a man with a mask?
(a) He is thrown in the water.
(b) He is robbed.
(c) He is tied to a tree.
(d) He is kidnapped.

15. Why is Mr. Borradaile upset when Lucinda joins his table for dinner?
(a) She is too shy for his taste.
(b) He thinks she talks too little.
(c) Women restrict the natural flow of conversation.
(d) He is shy in front of women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucinda call Oscar that makes the other players scatter?

2. How does Oscar originally plan to transport the church to Dennis?

3. What trap does Lucinda set to lure the stewards when they come to her stateroom in Chapter 56?

4. How many days after he leaves does it take Lucinda to open Oscar's envelope?

5. What does Oscar say about the prototype Lucinda shows him in her office?

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