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

2. What catastrophe occurs immediately following the birth?
(a) A snake slithers into the shed.
(b) Theo spills the only water.
(c) Julian loses a large amount of blood.
(d) Miriam drops the baby.

3. After Xan finds Theo and Julian, what does he tell Theo he will do with Julian?
(a) Kill her.
(b) Keep the baby, send her abroad.
(c) Marry her.
(d) Arrest her.

4. How does Theo describe the hotel in Ravello?
(a) Expensive, half-empty.
(b) Large and anonymous.
(c) Clean with delicious food.
(d) Surprisingly bustling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Theo take from Xan after he shoots him?

2. What disease does Luke suffer as a child?

3. How much time does Theo initially think he has before Rolf gets to his destination?

4. Who has knocked at Theo's door in Chapter 21?

5. How does Theo regard Miriam's midwifery?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Theo treat the old couple? Give examples.

2. What are the threats Julian, Theo, and Miriam must confront once they are reunited after the robbery?

3. How does Rolf say he can "use" Theo? How does Theo respond?

4. What does Theo write in his diary about the Five Fishes as he discusses the day of relaxation before they depart for Wales?

5. How do Theo and the Five Fishes get delayed in Chapter 24?

6. How do Theo and the Five Fishes spend the rest of the relaxing day in Chapter 26?

7. How does Theo plan for Julian to escape the attackers? Does the plan work? What is unsuccessful?

8. Describe the burial in Chapter 28.

9. What happens as Theo and Rolf tend to the car in Chapter 24?

10. What does Helena tell Theo when he returns, and why does she want him off the phone?

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