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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue: “Fire” and Part One: “Fog,” Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ailment did Clara’s siblings die from?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Pneumonia
(c) Epilepsy
(d) Cholera

2. What is the name of the housemaid that comes to awaken Clara on her birthday in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1?
(a) Mrs. Fettle
(b) Cassandra
(c) Mr. Pinchbeck
(d) Agnes

3. Of Cassandra, the narrator says in the Prologue: “Fire,” “Now that she had reached the end of her life, she was a child again and feared” what?
(a) Being alone
(b) Her father
(c) The dark
(d) Loud noises

4. For how many years does the narrator say that Cassandra has cherished the phoenix-stone in the Prologue: “Fire”?
(a) 20
(b) 70
(c) 30
(d) 50

5. At what time are the guests to arrive for Clara’s birthday party in the beginning of the novel?
(a) 1:00 p.m.
(b) 5:00 p.m.
(c) 4:30 p.m.
(d) 3:00 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gemstone is on the locket that Clara’s parents give her for her birthday present in the beginning of the novel?

2. The legend on the puppet cart of Grisini’s says “The Phenomenal Professor Grisini and his” what?

3. What month is it said to be when Clara awakens on her birthday in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1?

4. What is described as having a hideous face and hangs from a cord above Cassandra’s bed in the Prologue: “Fire”?

5. What does Cassandra hit with the mirror instead of the phoenix-stone in the end of the Prologue: “Fire”?

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