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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. Which apparition does the child follow?
(a) The silver apparition.
(b) The golden apparition.
(c) The bright blue apparition.
(d) The pale apparition.

2. Why does Lady Joan invite Maud and Roland to stay overnight at Seal Court?
(a) Because Lady Joan wants to talk with Maud.
(b) To make Sir George annoyed.
(c) Because Maud wants to work late.
(d) Because of the weather.

3. What reference to Christabel does Beatrice Nest find in Ellen Ash's journals?
(a) Ellen Ash saw Christabel at a dinner party.
(b) Ellen Ash read Christabel's epic poem.
(c) Ellen Ash was involved in a charity with Christabel.
(d) Ellen Ash wrote a letter to Christabel.

4. Does Roland show Maud the letters?
(a) No, but he tells her a little bit about the letters.
(b) No, he keeps the letters completely secret.
(c) Yes, but not at first.
(d) Yes, but he doesn't tell her he took the originals.

5. What is Maud's home like?
(a) Lively and changing.
(b) Sterile and tidy.
(c) Messy and noisy.
(d) Old and decaying.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Christabel buried?

2. What does Cropper do to the letters he is trying to buy from Daisy Wapshott?

3. Where do Ash and Christabel meet after the incident of the stolen letter?

4. What does Beatrice Nest have that Cropper wants?

5. What condition does Beatrice impose on Roland reading Ellen Ash's journals?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the three apparitions describe themselves to the child?

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

3. How does Fergus describe Maud?

4. What does Roland like about the library?

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

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

7. What is Roland researching at the library?

8. Who are Ask and Embla?

9. How do Beatrice Nest's students view her?

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

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