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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Theo silently suggest Julian's baby should be?
(a) Deaf.
(b) A demon.
(c) Beautiful in every way.
(d) Grossly deformed.

2. Who has knocked at Theo's door in Chapter 21?
(a) Miriam.
(b) Luke.
(c) Julian.
(d) Rolf.

3. What final act of decency does Theo bestow upon the couple?
(a) He covered them with blankets.
(b) He untied them and let them use the bathroom.
(c) He put on soothing music.
(d) He helped them drink a glass of water.

4. What does Theo do first after arriving home from Europe?
(a) Reread his diary entries from his travels.
(b) He checked for messages from Julian.
(c) Cleaned a smashed window.
(d) He phoned Helena.

5. What does Theo think of the setting of Wychwood Forest?
(a) He understands Julian's desire to have the baby in private.
(b) He regrets not being able to have time to travel to a different forest he feels more sacred.
(c) He wishes the baby could be delivered somewhere more sterile.
(d) He finds it too cold for a baby to be born in.

6. How does Theo decide to abandon the car?
(a) Throw dirt and leaves over the top to hide it from aerial view.
(b) Push it over a cliff.
(c) Push it in a pond.
(d) Hide it in the garage of a deserted home.

7. What does Theo say he is absolute of as he closes his diary entry in Chapter 26?
(a) The safe delivery of the baby.
(b) Being found by Xan.
(c) Dangers and horrors to come.
(d) Marrying Julian.

8. How long does Rolf imagine they will be pulled over after the car gets a flat tire?
(a) Overnight.
(b) An hour.
(c) Forty five minutes.
(d) Twenty minutes.

9. Which of the Five Fishes does Theo learn has been kidnapped from the person at the door?
(a) Rolf.
(b) Miriam.
(c) Luke.
(d) Gascoigne.

10. Where does Theo see Julian in Chapter 19?
(a) The doctor's office.
(b) The market.
(c) Church.
(d) A coffee shop.

11. Why does Theo step outside the woodshed during the preparations for the birthing?
(a) Julian prefers only Miriam inside.
(b) He needed to be alone to think.
(c) He thought he heard something.
(d) Miriam doesn't need him yet.

12. How is his home when Theo returns from his travels?
(a) Unkept, filled with sour air.
(b) Eerily different.
(c) Ransacked by the SSP.
(d) Dutifully tended to by his maid, Mrs. Kavanagh.

13. What job is Theo given as Miriam still prepares for the baby's delivery?
(a) Fill buckets of water from the lake.
(b) Build a fire.
(c) Hunt for food.
(d) Read from Luke's prayer book.

14. What is the mood of the characters in Chapter 26?
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Argumentative.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Relaxed.

15. What does Theo say that he will do with the diary entry that is Chapter 19?
(a) He will tear it out.
(b) He will use it as compost.
(c) It was the most therapeutic of any other.
(d) He will save it for Julian to read one day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes into the house with Theo?

2. As Miriam lodges concern over the speed of the car in Chapter 24, how is Julian behaving?

3. What is the old couple doing when Theo knocks on their door?

4. What does Woolvington do in the woodshed?

5. What has Miriam found in the car in Chapter 26?

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