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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does William want to help John with at midnight?
(a) Fed the fire.
(b) Make sure that John is safe if he wakes up to go to the bathroom.
(c) Go and kill the Essex Serpent.
(d) Kill the monster that lives under John's bead.

3. Why is Luke pleased with his hotel room?
(a) Luke liked the room because it was very clean.
(b) He thought Spencer spared no expense in renting the room.
(c) Luke thought he was staying in the room alone.
(d) He was pleased it was within walking distance of Cora.

4. Boudicca was a warrior queen from the tribe of?
(a) Apache.
(b) Iceni.
(c) Celts.
(d) Scotts.

5. Why is Joanna secretly excited that her dad cut his cheek?
(a) Because she has a new recipe for healing that she wants to try out.
(b) Because she wants to be a surgeon and give her father a stitch.
(c) Because she does not like her father and enjoys seeing him suffer.
(d) Because he got hurt while rescuing an animal.

6. What does Cora study?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Autism.
(c) Natural sciences.
(d) Psychological disorders.

7. Who does Cora say would be ashamed to be seen in the old clothing that she is wearing?
(a) Michael.
(b) Katherine.
(c) Martha.
(d) Boudicca.

8. Why does Cora think it is a shame that William remains a pastor?
(a) Cora believes that William should be in Parliament.
(b) Cora feels that William could help more people through a different profession.
(c) Cora does not believe William is happy being a pastor.
(d) Cora believes a wasted intellect is unforgivable.

9. How does William and his family end up in Aldwinter?
(a) William met and fell in love with Stella while in Aldwinter.
(b) William did not make it as an engineer.
(c) William wanted purpose in his life, not achievement.
(d) William did not want to be in Parliament.

10. Why is Stella forced to leave Cora and the Ambroses during their first dinner party?
(a) Stella falls ill during dinner.
(b) Stella has the flu.
(c) Stella has a coughing fit and excuses herself for the evening.
(d) Stella is a little jealous of the way Cora and William were getting along.

11. How does Luke get the child to stop crying on the train?
(a) Luke explains to the child that he is going to kick him off the train at Manningtree.
(b) Luke warns the child that he will make his eyes dry up and lose his eye sight.
(c) Luke tells the child he will suffocate him if he does not stop crying.
(d) Luke tells the child he will lose all the water from his body and shrivel up and die.

12. What are Joanna, Naomi and John doing out at the marshes?
(a) Joanna and Naomi are trying to play a prank on John.
(b) Looking for the Essex Serpent.
(c) Performing a ritual they think will help their town.
(d) They want to see what Cracnkell is doing to the moles.

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

14. What flower has a smell both pleasant and unpleasant?
(a) Jasmine.
(b) Rose.
(c) Poesy.
(d) Daffodil.

15. What do the Ransomes have that made them unique?
(a) Four children, two girls and two boys.
(b) Their own church.
(c) Their very own Essex Serpent.
(d) Goats, named Gog and Magog.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom are the Ambroses going to introduce Cora?

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

3. Why does Luke Garrett break down and cry after the surgery?

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

5. Why does Charles think Cora is an exceptional woman?

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