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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What possibility does Lord Ferris hold over Katherine's head?
(a) His ability to prosecute her lover for past crimes.
(b) His ability to turn her out into the street.
(c) His ability to prosecute her for past crimes.
(d) His ability to have her killed.

2. Whose home is Michael brought to after he is knocked unconscious?
(a) Lord Horn's.
(b) His own.
(c) Duchess Tremontaine's.
(d) Richard's.

3. How many of Lord Horn's swordsmen have been killed?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

4. Who does Katherine meet at Rosalie's Tavern?
(a) Lord Horn.
(b) Alec.
(c) Ginnie.
(d) Richard.

5. Does Richard agree to the kidnappers' demands?
(a) Yes, immediately.
(b) Yes, after consideration.
(c) No, without considering it.
(d) No, after consideration.

6. What does Katherine say to Richard about the ambush?
(a) She claims she didn't know he was going to be ambushed.
(b) She is proud of leading him into the ambush.
(c) She apologizes for leading him into the ambush.
(d) She says the ambush was his own fault.

7. What is the weather like in Chapter 19?
(a) Unseasonably cold.
(b) Unseasonably warm.
(c) Seasonably cool but warming.
(d) Seasonably warm but cooling.

8. What has Michael concerned himself with, since fleeing the city?
(a) The Duchess's wool imports.
(b) The Duchess's relations with foreign sculptors.
(c) The Duchess's dye imports.
(d) The Duchess's relations with foreign monarchs.

9. Why do Hugo and Ginnie tell Richard not to go to the performance?
(a) It is supposed to be bad luck for swordmen.
(b) It is supposed to be haunted.
(c) It is supposed to be boring.
(d) It is supposed to be awful.

10. Who reads the note that Richard receives?
(a) Richard.
(b) Katherine.
(c) The messenger.
(d) Ginnie.

11. How difficult is it for Richard to break into Lord Horn's house?
(a) It seems easy, but turns out to be difficult.
(b) Very easy.
(c) It seems difficult, but turns out to be easy.
(d) Very difficult.

12. Who arrives at the performance during intermission?
(a) Lord Ferris.
(b) Lord Horn.
(c) Duchess Tremontaine.
(d) Basil.

13. What is the name of the drug that Alex is on?
(a) Dunce's Wine.
(b) Stooge's Nectar.
(c) Exquisite Folly.
(d) Fool's Delight.

14. What does Katherine tell Richard when she meets him at the tavern?
(a) She wants to run away with him.
(b) She needs his help to save Alec from trouble.
(c) She wants to help him find Alec.
(d) She wants to protect him from noblemen like Lord Ferris.

15. How does Lord Ferris react when he recognizes Alec?
(a) He feels that he has been betrayed by the Duchess.
(b) He feels that he can undermine Alec's reputation.
(c) He feels that he is caught.
(d) He feels that he has been betrayed by Alec.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine say initially when Lord Ferris tells her to go to Riverside?

2. Where has Michael been hiding out?

3. Who is missing from the Council when Richard's trial begins?

4. Who knocks on Richard's door with the news that Lord Horn's swordsmen are dead?

5. What is Alec's mood when he returns home?

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