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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 occupation does Oscar have after graduating from Oriel?
(a) Bookstore clerk.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Accountant.
(d) School teacher.

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

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

4. Who earns a sixpence a week?
(a) Mrs. Williams.
(b) Mrs. Millar, the Stratton's cook.
(c) Mr. Stratton.
(d) Theophilus.

5. How old is Elizabeth Mullins?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucy make at the large table in the kitchen while Theophilus is sitting there?

2. What does superstition say about a caul?

3. What does Lucinda think of George Eliot?

4. What does Lucinda mainly remember about her mother?

5. When Oscar is peering through the fence at Reverend Stratton butchering a pig, what does Stratton throw at Oscar?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Is Elizabeth Leplastrier well-liked by the people of New South Wales?

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

4. Is Lucinda passionate about glass?

5. Why is Mrs. Cousins perturbed by Lucinda's style of dress when she lives at her boarding house?

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

7. Why does Lucinda move to Sydney?

8. Why did Lucinda spend a year in London?

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

10. What happened when Oscar ate the Christmas pudding?

(see the answer keys)

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