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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Richard begins to fight Brent, what do the onlookers do?
(a) Call the police.
(b) Try to pull them apart.
(c) Run from the area.
(d) Bet on the outcome.

2. When Basil, Lord Ferris, and Lord Horn ask Katherine about the life of a swordsman, what does she do?
(a) She tells them about Applethorpe losing his arm.
(b) She makes up a story to tell them.
(c) She tells them she knows nothing of swordsmen.
(d) She tells them about Richard killing Jessamyn.

3. How many swordsman are killed, as the novel begins?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

4. How did Alec once try to kill himself?
(a) By throwing himself off a bridge.
(b) By slitting his wrists.
(c) By hanging himself.
(d) By poisoning himself.

5. What time of day is it when Richard wakes at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Late morning.
(b) Early morning.
(c) Late afternoon.
(d) The middle of the night.

6. How do the guests at the gathering react to Richard St. Vier's arrival?
(a) They are annoyed.
(b) They are frightened.
(c) They are delighted.
(d) They are angry.

7. Who is holding the gathering which Richard St. Vier shows up to at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Lord Horn.
(b) Lord Karleigh.
(c) Duchess Tremontaine.
(d) Lady Halliday.

8. Who does Lord Horn flirt with at the Duchess's party?
(a) Lord Ferris.
(b) The Duchess.
(c) Michael.
(d) Lady Halliday.

9. What does Alec do whenever Richard asks about Alec's past?
(a) Alec tells Richard fanciful lies.
(b) Alec refuses to acknowledge that Richard has said anything.
(c) Alec asks Richard not to question him.
(d) Alec promises to trade Richard one fact about his past for a fact about Richard's.

10. What are Richard and Alec hoping to find, when they go out?
(a) Drinks.
(b) A party.
(c) A fight.
(d) Some food.

11. What is most important to the high society in the novel?
(a) Money.
(b) Gossip.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Power.

12. What is Katherine's former profession?
(a) Prostitute.
(b) Thief.
(c) Nanny.
(d) Landlady.

13. Where does the Duchess invite her guests after the party?
(a) To the town square.
(b) To a midnight picnic in the field.
(c) To her house.
(d) To the council chambers.

14. What is the party the Duchess invites Basil and Mary to in honor of?
(a) A historic battle.
(b) A homecoming.
(c) An anniversary.
(d) A birthday.

15. Where does the Duchess invite Basil and Mary?
(a) To an outing to a local castle.
(b) To a dance in her home.
(c) To a luncheon in the town hall.
(d) To a picnic on her barge.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Richard kill Brent?

2. Where does St. Vier go after the duel?

3. Who lives on the Hill?

4. How do Lady Mary Halliday and Duchess Tremontaine describe Michael?

5. Who is last to arrive at the Duchess's barge for the party?

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