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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After his wife's death, where did Theophilus throw his wife's clothes?
(a) The fireplace.
(b) The sea.
(c) The dumpster.
(d) In a ditch.

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

4. What does the willow pattern on the Stratton's china look like to Oscar?
(a) Pagan symbols.
(b) Letters from the alphabet.
(c) Snakes.
(d) A beautiful drawing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucinda think of George Eliot?

2. How far away is the church the narrator's family attends?

3. After Lucinda's father dies, where does her mother want to return to?

4. What do the Baptist boys make Oscar eat?

5. What does Lucinda ask of Oscar the first time she talks with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Oscar inscribe symbols along the footpath?

2. Describe how Lucinda meets Oscar on board the Leviathan.

3. Why does Theophilus check Oscar's lungs every morning?

4. Why does Lucinda like to go to Mr. d'Abb's house in the evenings?

5. How does Oscar react to seeing the track for the first time?

6. What happens when Oscar runs away from his father's house and tries to go to Reverend Stratton's home?

7. Describe Oscar's first dinner at the Stratton's home.

8. Is Lucinda passionate about glass?

9. How does Oscar feel about his father when he comes to visit him at the Stratton's home?

10. How does Theophilus make it difficult for Lucy Millar to tend to her chores in the Stratton's kitchen?

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