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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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”?
(a) London, England
(b) Oslo, Norway
(c) Venice, Italy
(d) Paris, France

2. There is money for what purpose in the letter that Lizzie Rose finds in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 24?
(a) Carriage fare
(b) Plane fare
(c) To buy a car
(d) Train fare

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

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

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

6. What is Parsefall doing when Grisini returns home in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 15?
(a) Writing a letter to his father
(b) Talking on the telephone to his mother
(c) Eating breakfast
(d) Rehearsing with a puppet

7. 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) Being alone
(c) Loud noises
(d) Her father

8. 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 pizza parlor
(b) To the Royal Court
(c) To the London Abbey
(d) To Kensal Green

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

10. What does Lizzie Rose pack her belongings in, in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 27?
(a) A wicker basket
(b) A silk shawl
(c) The puppet carriage
(d) A picnic blanket

11. What does Lizzie Rose tell the police officer when she sees him in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 11?
(a) About her parents murder and the questioning of Grisini following the incident
(b) About the other incidents when Grisini was questioned about missing children
(c) About Grisini’s work for the foreign legion
(d) About how Grisini abuses her and Parsefall

12. What is the title of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 22?
(a) The Egyptian Hall
(b) The Morning After
(c) An Unexpected Discovery
(d) The Rocking Chair

13. Grisini sends Lizzie Rose out to do what when he returns home in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 15?
(a) Walk the dog
(b) Buy breakfast
(c) Look for Clara
(d) Call on Mrs. Wintermute

14. What is the name of Clara’s governess in the novel?
(a) Miss Cameron
(b) Mrs. Fettle
(c) Agnes
(d) Mrs. Pinchbeck

15. What is the title of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 21?
(a) Of Purse Strings and Puppet Strings
(b) Awakening
(c) The Egyptian Hall
(d) The Morning After

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the title of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 18?

3. What word from Part One: “Fog” refers to meat cartilage?

4. What is the title of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 25?

5. What traditional, popular English puppet show does the housemaid suggest should be enough for Clara in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1?

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