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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through May - July.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stella admit to in her letter to Cora?
(a) Stella is impatient.
(b) Stella is nervous about meeting a woman from London.
(c) Stella cannot press flowers properly.
(d) Stella is afraid Cora will think them all beneath her.

2. Who showed up at the Ransome house during Cora's visit?
(a) Charles and Katherine Ambrose.
(b) Luke and Spencer.
(c) Martha and Luke.
(d) William and Cracknell.

3. How do Cora and William strike up a writing habit?
(a) Cora writes to him and sends him a pamphlet to read.
(b) William writes to thank Cora for the pamphlet.
(c) Cora writes to William directly about a pamphlet she found.
(d) William writes to Cora thanking her for visiting.

4. How does William imagine Cora from the letter Charles Ambrose sends him?
(a) William imagined her with a companion.
(b) Skinny, old, and often squinting.
(c) Fat, old and Anglo-Catholic.
(d) Old and with an obnoxious lap-dog.

5. What causes the Fata Morgana illusion?
(a) To create the illusion, cold and warm air collide creating a refracting lens.
(b) To see the Fata Morgana, you have to be in a specific location.
(c) The Fata Morgan only shows itself to people with imagination.
(d) The illusion is created by the heat rising off the ocean water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Luke get the child to stop crying on the train?

2. What made Mary Anning take an interest in nature?

3. What does Charles expect to come from Cora's meeting of William and Stella Ransome?

4. Why does William visit Cracknell?

5. What does William dislike about Magog, when the family acquires him?

(see the answer key)

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