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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Cora watch after Luke Garret is stabbed?
(a) Unaware of what happened, Cora sees Samuel Hall and gives him some money.
(b) Cora runs into the pastor who buried her husband.
(c) Cora watches the fairy girl dancing on the church steps.
(d) Cora watches the man who had play the barrel organ just before Luke is attacked.

2. After Martha and Edward listen to Eleanor Marx, what does Edward do?
(a) Edward tells Martha that he needs to go back to work.
(b) He asks Martha how he could change anything if he was just a worker.
(c) He writes to Martha and proposes marriage.
(d) Edward asks Martha to live with him.

3. How does Stella think to stir up scandal with the townsfolk to pass the time?
(a) She tells a woman she believes Cora and William are fast friends.
(b) Stella tells a woman Cora and William are brother and sister.
(c) She tells a housewife Cora spends more time with William than she does.
(d) Stella tells a housewife Cora had taken William's boots.

4. Why does Cora write to Luke Garrett after the hysteria of the school girls?
(a) Cora wants Luke to perform hypnosis on Joanna.
(b) Cora thinks Luke can get Joanna to explain what happened.
(c) Luke Garrett likes to investigate psychological incidences.
(d) Cora believes Luke is smart enough to determine what the cause was for the hysteria.

5. After the summer dinner party, William realizes his parishioners are happy about what?
(a) That Cora is no longer there.
(b) That Naomi is gone.
(c) That Stella is getting treatment.
(d) That the serpent has been removed from the pew.

6. Why does Cora return to Aldwinter?
(a) Katherine berates her for being so selfish a friend.
(b) Cora no longer has to worry about Frankie or Martha.
(c) She learns Stella is dying.
(d) She is invited by Stella and William.

7. How many children does Stella birth?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

8. Who tells Cora the Essex Serpent was found?
(a) Stella Ransome.
(b) Katherine Ambrose.
(c) Charles Ambrose.
(d) William Ransome.

9. Why does Martha disapprove of hypnotizing Joanna?
(a) Martha thinks that Luke looks only at them as specimens.
(b) Martha has an extreme dislike of Luke because he is in love with Cora.
(c) Martha does not think Joanna's mind is strong enough to withstand hypnosis.
(d) Martha believes hypnosis can damage memory.

10. How does Naomi find herself a victim at the tavern?
(a) She likes being told she was pretty.
(b) She has too much to drink.
(c) She is drawn in by the smell of her father.
(d) She does not believe she was in any danger.

11. According to Cora, what should people be afraid of?
(a) The Essex Serpent.
(b) Fear.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Nothing.

12. Why does Cora not like seeing her friends in London?
(a) It reminds her of her dead husband.
(b) She does not like having to dress up to meet with her friends.
(c) Because of her appearance.
(d) She feels they are too shallow.

13. Who is spying on Edward Burton?
(a) William Ransome.
(b) Luke Garrett.
(c) Spencer.
(d) Samuel Hall.

14. What does Cora tell William he must do because of his beliefs?
(a) Cora tells him he must allow her 489 transgressions.
(b) Cora tells him he must get over it because she has done nothing wrong.
(c) Cora apologizes to William for not asking permission to hypnotize Joanna.
(d) Cora demands that William just get over it.

15. Why does Samuel Hall target Luke after the music?
(a) Because Luke saw him at Edward's house.
(b) Because Luke saved Edward's life.
(c) Because Luke is trying to protect Spencer.
(d) Samuel mistakes Luke for Edward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ned's mother say about his personality after he has been stabbed?

2. How is a story supposed to begin, according to Cora?

3. Why is Charles interested in going to visit the housing projects with Spencer and Martha?

4. What does Frankie experience when he goes out walking after the dinner party?

5. What does Evansford do when he hears about an unexplained death in St. Osyth?

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