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

2. What kind of interpretation does the writing that Maud gives Roland put on Christabel's imagery?
(a) A sexual interpretation.
(b) A metaphysical interpretation.
(c) A religious interpretation.
(d) A literal interpretation.

3. Where does Cropper live?
(a) In a penthouse in New York.
(b) In a large ranch in Texas.
(c) In a mansion in New Mexico.
(d) In a lodge in Colorado.

4. What is Maud's suggestion for herself and Roland to read the letters?
(a) She suggests they read the letters aloud to each other.
(b) She suggests that she read Christabel's letters, while Roland reads Ash's.
(c) She suggests that she read the letters first, and Roland reads after her.
(d) She suggests that she begins reading at the beginning and Roland begins at the end.

5. What does Beatrice Nest have that Cropper wants?
(a) Paintings of Ash.
(b) Letters from Ash.
(c) Ellen Ash's journal.
(d) Ash's father's journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose diary does Roland read at the Women's Resource Center?

2. What does Cropper think about writing while he drives away from Daisy Wapshott's house?

3. What herb does the apparition offer the child?

4. What is Maud's home like?

5. Who does Val come home with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Roland researching at the library?

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

3. How does Roland feel at the prospect of reading Christabel and Ash's letters?

4. What do Roland and Maud do on their day trip?

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

6. How does Fergus describe Maud?

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

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

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

10. What does the child ask the apparitions that come to him on his journey?

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