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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Oscar's response when Lucinda says he has still not absolved her after her confession?
(a) "I need my Bible."
(b) "I'm sure you know what to do."
(c) "Where is the sin?"
(d) "We'll do it later."

3. How did Oscar lose his horse and carriage that his bishop gave him?
(a) Gave it to a poor parishioner.
(b) Betting.
(c) The horse ran off and the carriage was destroyed.
(d) Accident.

4. Before heading up to Lucinda's stateroom, Oscar goes to his room to retrieve his:
(a) Sweater.
(b) Book.
(c) Caul.
(d) Cards.

5. What card game do Oscar and Lucinda first play in her stateroom?
(a) Hearts.
(b) Poker.
(c) Gin Rummy.
(d) Fish.

6. Why does Mr. Jeffris hire a trumpeter?
(a) It is his favorite instrument.
(b) To wake him in the morning.
(c) To lead his expedition to glory.
(d) He is starting a jazz band.

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

8. Who offers Oscar a job as a clerk?
(a) Mr. d'Abbs.
(b) Dennis.
(c) Mr. Ahearn.
(d) Mr. Phelps.

9. What is the name of the vicarage that Oscar is vicar of?
(a) Parramatta.
(b) Bellinger.
(c) St. John's.
(d) Randwick.

10. How many days after he leaves does it take Lucinda to open Oscar's envelope?
(a) Six.
(b) One.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Ten.

11. What does the head steward announce at dinner is on view on the above deck in Chapter 52?
(a) A statute.
(b) Dance group.
(c) Choral group.
(d) Phosphorescence.

12. What does Mr. Judd want to be able to do during services?
(a) Light the candles.
(b) Collect the offerings.
(c) Sing Handel's Messiah.
(d) Hand out programs.

13. What do the Narcoo see for the first time in the box that fell when Oscar is on the expedition?
(a) Emeralds.
(b) Silk.
(c) Guns.
(d) Glass.

14. How does Dennis think Lucinda looks when he sees her after she returns to Sydney?
(a) Like a fool.
(b) Handsome.
(c) Old.
(d) Like a teenager.

15. What nickname does Mr. Jeffris call Oscar?
(a) The drudge.
(b) Holy man.
(c) Mr. Smudge.
(d) Odd Oscar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who mostly inhabits the parish near Boat Harbour?

2. Why is Mr. Borradaile upset when Lucinda joins his table for dinner?

3. What unresolved obligation does Oscar have at the beginning of Chapter 51?

4. What game is Lucinda playing when she sees Oscar in Chapter 64?

5. Where is Lucinda going at nine o'clock at night on her horse in Chapter 64?

(see the answer keys)

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