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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. How old is Roland?
(a) Thirty-eight.
(b) Thirty-five.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Twenty-nine.

2. Whose writings on Christabel does Maud give Roland?
(a) Leonora Stern's.
(b) Ellen Ash's.
(c) Beatrice Nest's.
(d) Maud's own.

3. What does Cropper think about writing while he drives away from Daisy Wapshott's house?
(a) A book of his own poetry.
(b) A book about Ash's poetry.
(c) A popular novel about Ash's life.
(d) His autobiography.

4. What does Maud learn about the pin she is wearing on her turban?
(a) It is a famous jem that was stolen years ago.
(b) It is possibly a family heirloom from the 1800s.
(c) It is worthless costume jewelry.
(d) It is likely one of a matching pair.

5. What does Christabel compare herself to?
(a) A tree.
(b) An egg.
(c) A box.
(d) A doll.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Swammerdam compare himself?

2. When does Val cook complex meals?

3. How many letters does Roland find in the book?

4. What hotel do Maud and Roland go to?

5. What advice does the woman give the child at the beginning of the journey?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Roland's initial reaction to the letters?

2. What is the weather like on Roland and Maud's day trip away from Ash and Christabel?

3. How does Fergus describe Maud?

4. What, in her own life, does Val compare Roland's work to?

5. How does Swammerdam's family treat him?

6. What are Maud and Roland concerned might happen to their find in Christabel's room?

7. How do Christabel and Ash feel about meeting secretly?

8. What does Ash ask for, in his letters to the unknown woman?

9. How does Roland compare Maud to Christabel?

10. What does Maud tell Beatrice about the importance of what she finds in Ellen's journal and papers?

(see the answer keys)

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