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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 are the first letters between Christabel and Ash like?
(a) The first letters are short, discussing daily activities.
(b) The first letters are exchanges of poetic ideas.
(c) The first letters are passionate love letters.
(d) The first letters are angry recriminations.

2. What does the librarian warn Roland to do?
(a) Only touch the papers with gloves or tweezers.
(b) Not expose the old papers to air.
(c) Not touch, move, or read the papers until they are cataloged.
(d) Leave all the pieces of paper in the same order.

3. What did Ash send his wife during his trip?
(a) A jet brooch.
(b) A diamond necklace.
(c) A saphire bracelet.
(d) A gold ring.

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

5. What interesting references does Roland find in the diary?
(a) References to a mysterious illness of Christabel and a necklace from an unknown source.
(b) References to Christabel disappearing for a short time and to an overheard conversation.
(c) References to Christabel's changing temperament and a secret poem.
(d) References to Christabel hiding a letter and to a male intruder.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Roland begin his investigation of the letters?

2. What does Blackadder do when Roland tells him about the notes in the book?

3. What did Christabel LaMotte write?

4. What is Roland's job?

5. What is the title of the story told in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Swammerdam's situation at the end of his life?

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

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

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

5. How does Cropper feel about Blackadder?

6. Why is Mrs. Wapshott unwilling to sell Ash's letters to Cropper?

7. What does Sir George plan to do at the end of the chapter?

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

9. How does Fergus Wolff know about Christabel LaMotte?

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

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