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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. Who does Val come home with?
(a) A man in a red Porsche.
(b) A man dressed in artsy clothes with a beard.
(c) A woman friend from work.
(d) A wealthy-looking woman.

2. How does Sir George react to the discovery?
(a) He is worried and nervous.
(b) He doesn't care about the discovery.
(c) He is excited and curious.
(d) He is cautious and possessive.

3. What is Roland's reaction to Val telling him that a man wants to take her away to Newmarket?
(a) He is jealous and angry.
(b) He is relieved that she's leaving.
(c) He says it may do her good.
(d) He says she is making it up.

4. How does Roland help Lady Joan Bailey?
(a) By picking up the jacket she has dropped.
(b) By removing a stone from the wheel of her wheelchair.
(c) By helping her up the stairs.
(d) By unsticking the wheelchair's brakes.

5. What is the title of the story told in Chapter 9?
(a) The Threshold.
(b) The Warden.
(c) The Blossoming.
(d) The Pinnacle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car does Cropper drive?

2. Why does Lady Joan invite Maud and Roland to stay overnight at Seal Court?

3. What attraction of Roland's apartment is forbidden to him?

4. Who comes from behind the stones?

5. Who does Christabel say stole a letter and poem from Ash?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Maud get the pin that she is wearing in her turban?

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

3. What does Roland like about the library?

4. How does Roland compare Maud to Christabel?

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

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

7. What does Roland read at the end of the chapter?

8. How does Roland react to Maud's idea of how to go about reading the letters?

9. Who is responsible for ending the affair between Christabel and Ash?

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

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