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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money has Dr. Wintermute been told to bring as ransom for his daughter in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 12?
(a) 1,000 pounds
(b) 2,000 pounds
(c) 10,000 pounds
(d) 5,000 pounds

2. 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 ruby
(d) A sapphire

3. What is the title of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 20?
(a) An Unexpected Discovery
(b) The Staircase
(c) Of Purse Strings and Puppet Strings
(d) Awakening

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

5. What is the title of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 17?
(a) Of Purse Strings and Puppet Strings
(b) The Egyptian Hall
(c) An Unexpected Discovery
(d) The Rocking Chair

6. Who becomes upset and causes a scene when he sees the Clara puppet in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 25?
(a) Mrs. Wintermute
(b) Dr. Wintermute
(c) Lizzie Rose
(d) Grisini

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

8. Lizzie Rose shows Parsefall some of the items that she found in Grisini’s room as she was cleaning it in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 20. What do the items consist of?
(a) Arrest warrants
(b) International coins
(c) Jewelry
(d) Birth certificates

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

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

11. What ailment does Mrs. Pinchbeck appear to suffer from in the novel?
(a) Alcoholism
(b) Cocaine addiction
(c) Epilepsy
(d) Opium addiction

12. The letter that Lizzie Rose finds while mending clothes for Mrs. Pinchbeck’s stepson in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 24 was sent by whom?
(a) Dr. Wintermute
(b) Grisini
(c) Mrs. Pinchbeck
(d) Cassandra

13. What is the title of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 16?
(a) The Rocking Chair
(b) The Morning After
(c) A Member of the Audience
(d) Flight

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hair is Lizzie Rose described as having in the narrative?

2. 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”?

3. On what day is Clara’s birthday in the novel?

4. Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 12 begins how long after Clara’s disappearance?

5. 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?

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