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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Each of the women that Cassandra sees in the mirror in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 7 die in what way?
(a) They burn to death
(b) They each drown
(c) They are each shot
(d) They are hanged

2. What is the name of Cassandra’s childhood friend who looks like one of the women she sees in the mirror in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 7?
(a) Christina
(b) Evelyn
(c) Sarah
(d) Marguerite

3. On what day is Cassandra’s birthday?
(a) December 12
(b) September 15
(c) October 9
(d) November 6

4. What season is noted in the opening of Part One: “Fog”?
(a) Summer
(b) Autumn
(c) Spring
(d) Winter

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

6. What month is it said to be when Clara awakens on her birthday in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1?
(a) January
(b) September
(c) December
(d) November

7. What kind of gemstone is the phoenix-stone said to be in the Prologue: “Fire”?
(a) A ruby
(b) A diamond
(c) A sapphire
(d) A fire opal

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

9. What word from Part One: “Fog” refers to a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns?
(a) Muslin
(b) Opalite
(c) Filigree
(d) Sateen

10. Where has Clara’s governess gone to visit her sister on the morning of Clara’s birthday party?
(a) Paris
(b) Dover
(c) Islington
(d) Westchester

11. Lizzie Rose is surprised to discover that the puppet she takes to give to Parsefall in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 17 looks just like whom?
(a) Mrs. Pinchbeck
(b) Agnes
(c) Mrs. Wintermute
(d) Clara

12. What is the title of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 27?
(a) The Streets
(b) A Member of the Audience
(c) The Legacy
(d) Flight

13. Lizzie Rose realizes after talking with Parsefall in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 10 that how many incidents have now occurred in which children went missing and their ward was questioned?
(a) 3
(b) 6
(c) 4
(d) 5

14. What gemstone is on the locket that Clara’s parents give her for her birthday present in the beginning of the novel?
(a) An emerald
(b) An opal
(c) A sapphire
(d) A ruby

15. 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) Her father
(b) Loud noises
(c) The dark
(d) Being alone

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The children that are coming to Clara’s birthday party in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1 are said to be the children of her parents’ friends who live where?

3. After the police leave in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 9, Lizzie Rose sends Parsefall out to buy what?

4. What word from Part One: “Fog” refers to the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed?

5. What does Dr. Wintermute see in Lizzie Rose’s room that leads him to threaten going to the police in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 26?

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