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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. 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) Loud noises
(d) The dark

2. What traditional, popular English puppet show does the housemaid suggest should be enough for Clara in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1?
(a) The Royal Marionettes
(b) Sesame Street
(c) Punch and Judy
(d) Sir Camelot

3. What is the name of the landlady to Grisini and his wards in London?
(a) Miss Cameron
(b) Mrs. Pinchbeck
(c) Mrs. Fettle
(d) Mrs. Wintermute

4. On what day is Clara’s birthday in the novel?
(a) July 7
(b) November 6
(c) November 16
(d) September 12

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What season is noted in the opening of Part One: “Fog”?

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

3. What is the name of the landlady’s spaniel that Lizzie Rose frequently feeds in Part One: “Fog”?

4. How old is Clara turning on her birthday in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1?

5. Where had Cassandra and Grisini been when Grisini warned Cassandra of the powers of the phoenix-stone, according to the narrator in the Prologue: “Fire”?

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