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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days is Wardley-Fish imprisoned in Sydney?

2. What does Mrs. Smith call the deep wounds on the back of Oscar's hands?

3. How does Oscar decide about taking a job offer in Chapter 75?

4. What does the steward do when he comes to deliver Lucinda's tea and sees Lucinda's lure?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lucinda grow comfortable around Oscar and begin to admire him again?

2. How does Oscar react to seeing Lucinda's prototype for a glass building?

3. Why is Lucinda angry that Mr. Phelps invited her and Oscar for a tour of the factory?

4. What is the state of the glassworks factory when Lucinda returns to Sydney?

5. Why does Percy Smith give Oscar laudanum on the journey?

6. What scandal do Lucinda and Oscar create?

7. What happens when Lucinda goes to gamble at the Chinese establishment on George Street?

8. How does Lucinda help Oscar get a job?

9. Why does Mrs. Smith change her mind about working as Lucinda's housekeeper?

10. What convinces Oscar to go up to first class and seek out Lucinda?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Oscar and Lucinda never come to fully express their love for each other? How did their misunderstandings and assumptions decide their fate?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Reverend Stratton's role as a patron to Oscar. How has he provided for him financially in ways that his father would not? How does he support his education and religious studies? In what ways do you think Oscar fails him?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of Ian Wardley-Fish. What role does he play in the novel? How has he influenced Oscar in both positive and negative ways?

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