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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 27, Lizzie Rose waits for Parsefall in order to warn him not to do what?
(a) Go back to the boarding house
(b) Go to look for Grisini
(c) Go to the Wintermute estate
(d) Go to talk to the police

2. How does Clara feel about performing as a puppet in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 23?
(a) She enjoys it
(b) She is enraged by it
(c) He detests it
(d) She is saddened by it

3. What does Lizzie Rose find in Parsefall’s blankets when she goes to console him from his nightmare in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 10?
(a) A gold tiara
(b) A puppet that looks like Clara
(c) The phoenix-stone
(d) A photograph from the Wintermute household

4. What does Cassandra hit with the mirror instead of the phoenix-stone in the end of the Prologue: “Fire”?
(a) Her hand
(b) Her foot
(c) The bed
(d) Her bracelet

5. What is the title of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 28?
(a) The Journey
(b) The Legacy
(c) A Member of the Audience
(d) Flight

6. Parsefall is so impressed by the puppetry show in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 21 that after the show he goes backstage for what reason?
(a) To ask for an autograph from the puppet master
(b) To see about getting a job with them
(c) To see about purchasing the company
(d) To see about selling his marionettes to the company

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

8. After the police leave in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 9, Lizzie Rose sends Parsefall out to buy what?
(a) Breakfast
(b) Dinner
(c) Dog food
(d) Oats for the horse

9. In the beginning of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1, Clara considers that if it is too foggy, Grisini might not come and that her birthday “would be like all the others, with a trip” where “in the morning”?
(a) To the Royal Court
(b) To Kensal Green
(c) To the pizza parlor
(d) To the London Abbey

10. Where had Clara first encountered Grisini’s puppet-stage, according to the narrator in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1?
(a) Hyde Park
(b) Central Park
(c) Dover Park
(d) Prospect Park

11. What is the name of the landlady’s spaniel that Lizzie Rose frequently feeds in Part One: “Fog”?
(a) Buttercup
(b) Ruby
(c) Spazzle
(d) Socks

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

13. What word from the Prologue: “Fire” refers to a delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires, especially lacy jewelers' work of scrolls and arabesques?
(a) Cameo
(b) Laminate
(c) Filigree
(d) Porcelain

14. How many children have been invited to Clara’s birthday party in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1?
(a) 12
(b) 17
(c) 5
(d) 22

15. What vocabulary word from Part One: “Fog” means to wrap an infant tightly to prevent movement?
(a) Pamper
(b) Swaddle
(c) Filigree
(d) Admonish

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lizzie Rose tell the police officer when she sees him in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 11?

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

4. What is the title of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 22?

5. In Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 18, who becomes convinced that the marionette is actually Clara?

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