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

2. What local gossip does Theophilus repeat about the inscriptions along the path?
(a) His rival created them.
(b) The blank square is used for sacrificing goats.
(c) The villagers wrote the messages.
(d) The villagers believe they are magical.

3. What was Lucinda's mother's dream?
(a) To own a factory.
(b) To get a medical degree.
(c) To teach fifth grade.
(d) To publish a book.

4. What does Oscar plan to do once he has earned enough money from gambling in Chapter 41?
(a) Travel to New South Wales as a missionary.
(b) Spend his money on a house.
(c) Travel to New Guinea.
(d) Give all his money to his father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oscar find in the envelope that Reverend Stratton sent him?

2. What does the narrator say was responsible for the story of the church?

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

4. Where does Lucinda go after her mother dies?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Dennis Hasset's reaction to meeting Lucinda?

2. Is the narrator's mother dedicated to the Church of St. John's?

3. Describe Ian Wardley-Fish.

4. Describe Oscar's view of gambling.

5. Does Wardley-Fish like Oscar?

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

7. Describe Reverend Dennis Hasset.

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

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

10. What happened when Oscar ate the Christmas pudding?

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