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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lizzie Rose find standing at the door when she answers the doorbell in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 50?
(a) Constable Hawkins
(b) Dr. and Mrs. Wintermute
(c) Grisini
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Pinchbeck

2. What word from Part Two: “Ice” means unsure or uncertain?
(a) Assertive
(b) Filigree
(c) Tentative
(d) Calamity

3. What was the name of Parsefall’s sister whom he mourned at the workhouse in Splendors and Glooms?
(a) Clara
(b) Sarah
(c) Eppie
(d) Agnes

4. When Clara attempts to communicate a warning to Lizzie Rose and Parsefall in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 33, she imagines herself in Parsefall’s dreams. In the dream, Clara sees Parsefall in what setting?
(a) A castle
(b) A foster home
(c) His parents’ farm
(d) A workhouse

5. What vocabulary word from Part Two: “Ice” means to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state?
(a) Muslin
(b) Congeal
(c) Ambrose
(d) Filigree

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Wintermute decides to go to the address from the letter in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 48 in the hopes that he can find whom?

2. Who is said to have fallen through the ice and drowned in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 47?

3. Where will Parsefall and Lizzie Rose live after Cassandra’s death and funeral, according to the narrator in the Epilogue?

4. Cassandra tells Lizzie Rose and Parsefall in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 32 that they can have anything in the house except for what?

5. Who insists on going with Dr. Wintermute in his search in the end of Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 48?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Parsefall save Clara in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 47? What do the children discover when they return to the house?

2. What exchange takes place between Clara and Cassandra in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 31?

3. What is the outcome of the narrative for Cassandra in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 51?

4. What do Lizzie Rose and Parsefall discover when they go downstairs in Strachan’s Ghyll in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 50?

5. How does Cassandra say she came into possession of the phoenix-stone in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 49?

6. What decision does Dr. Wintermute make after meeting with his visitor in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 48? Why?

7. Who arrives to visit Dr. Wintermute in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 48? What item does this character bring with her?

8. What takes place in the climax of the novel in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 46?

9. What does Parsefall reveal of Grisini’s whereabouts in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 47? What is Cassandra’s state like when the children encounter her?

10. What does Clara ask of her parents in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 50? How do they respond?

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