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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alexandra hear on her way home from Mary O'Toole's house?
(a) An owl hooting.
(b) A wolf howling.
(c) A gunshot.
(d) A scream.

2. What does Jordan think about the idea of seducing Alexandra?
(a) It is like seducing a child.
(b) He feels excited about the idea.
(c) He thinks it will not be much of a challenge.
(d) It repulses him.

3. What does Jordan think Alexandra would not have the courage to do?
(a) Save him again.
(b) Swat a fly dead.
(c) Ask for money.
(d) Stand up to her mama.

4. What do Alexandra and Jordan do after a time of riding?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Read to each other.
(c) Play chess.
(d) Get out of the carriage and let the dog play.

5. What does Alexandra say is not enough upon which to base a marriage?
(a) Love.
(b) Honor.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Just liking someone.

6. What does Alexandra think of Hawthorne?
(a) It is the most beautiful and impressive estate Alexandra has ever seen.
(b) It is quite dated and old.
(c) It is quite modern and interesting.
(d) Is is little more than a small country squire's estate.

7. How does the Dowager Duchess respond to Jordan's story about being attacked?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is calm.
(c) She is hysterical.
(d) She is disbelieving.

8. Who comes to the ship the next day?
(a) Jordan's brother Tony.
(b) Jordan's mother.
(c) Jordan's father.
(d) Jordan's grandmother.

9. Who is the Dowager Duchess of Hawthorne?
(a) Jordan's mother.
(b) Jordan's grandmother.
(c) Jordan's aunt.
(d) Jordan's great-aunt.

10. In what condition is Alexandra's coat of armor?
(a) Dinged up badly.
(b) Rusty.
(c) She has no coat of armor.
(d) Shiny.

11. What does Alexandra first explore at Hawthorne?
(a) The stables.
(b) The gardens.
(c) Jordan's quarters.
(d) The library.

12. How many years have passed when Chapter 2 opens?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) less than a year.
(d) 9.

13. What is Alexandra studying when she is distracted?
(a) Astronomy.
(b) Penmanship.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Shakespeare.

14. What does Sir Roderick Carstairs think Elizabeth should do concerning Hawthorne?
(a) Pursue him in private.
(b) Hire an assassin to deal with the man.
(c) Start some harmful gossip about the man.
(d) Dishonor him in public.

15. Where is Alexandra's father?
(a) He is in India on a government job.
(b) He has left the family.
(c) He lives in Scotland.
(d) Deceased.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jordan say he likes about Alexandra?

2. Who invites Alexandra and Jordan for dinner?

3. What does Jordan do as he and Alexandra are riding in the carriage?

4. How does Alexandra reply to Jordan telling her not to worry?

5. What does Alexandra do after she recovers from her fall off her horse.

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