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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through March - April.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While at church, who does a churchgoer without glasses mistake Cracknell for?
(a) Pastor Ransome.
(b) The Trouble.
(c) The Essex Serpent.
(d) Cora.

2. How do Cora and William first meet?
(a) During Michael Seaborne's funeral service.
(b) When they are introduced by the Ambroses.
(c) When Will is trying to help a goat that is stuck in a pond.
(d) When Cora is out surveying the marshland for fossils.

3. Why does William ask Cora to use his name?
(a) Will finds that Mr. Ransome is too formal.
(b) William likes the nickname Will.
(c) Because "Mr. Ransome" sounds like his father.
(d) William wants Cora to be a friend.

4. To whom are the Ambroses going to introduce Cora?
(a) The Taylors.
(b) The Ransomes.
(c) The Spencers.
(d) The Garretts.

5. Why does William call Cora a Solipsist?
(a) Because she cannot imagine anyone doing anything that she would not.
(b) Will believes Cora is against anything she does not believe to be true.
(c) Because she believes only in self-existence.
(d) Because she is self-centered.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Joanna, Naomi and John doing out at the marshes?

2. What does Stella show Cora in the church?

3. Cora and Martha quite unexpectedly meet their friends in the streets of Colchester. Who are the friends?

4. What was one of Stella's favorite past-times?

5. What does Spencer do to alleviate his embarrassment of his wealth?

(see the answer key)

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