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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Spencer betray Luke?
(a) Spencer promises he will not use a nurse.
(b) He is supposed to do the surgery alone.
(c) He has Luke anesthetized during surgery.
(d) Spencer is not able to correctly fix the tendons.

2. What does William dislike about Magog, when the family acquires him?
(a) The noises the goat makes.
(b) That the goat eats all the flowers.
(c) The smell of the goat.
(d) The slotted eyes of the goat.

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

4. Who does Frankie realize he has patience for?
(a) Luke Garrett.
(b) Stella Ransome.
(c) William Ransome.
(d) Martha.

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

6. Why is Charles interested in going to visit the housing projects with Spencer and Martha?
(a) Charles thinks of it as a case study.
(b) Charles likes to visit the slums on occasion.
(c) Charles knows they will need his money.
(d) Charles believes they need to be chaperoned.

7. What does Ned's mother say about his personality after he has been stabbed?
(a) She says Ned seems to have a dual personality since the stabbing.
(b) She feels Edward is an entirely new person that she has to get to know all over again.
(c) She says Ned is much more intelligent than he used to be.
(d) She says Ned sleeps much more than he used to.

8. What does William first think the stench is that pervades the air and makes people sick?
(a) The smell of sinners.
(b) A dead mouse under the floor boards.
(c) The Essex Serpent.
(d) A sheep that died on the common.

9. What does Evansford do when he hears about an unexplained death in St. Osyth?
(a) He uses Cracknell's moles as wards.
(b) He sacrifices a chicken to appease the Essex Serpent.
(c) Evansford shut's their town borders.
(d) Evansford paints each door lintel with chicken blood.

10. What happens as the villagers view the dead fish?
(a) A giant tapeworm bursts from its belly.
(b) A woman falls down almost face-to-face with the dead fish.
(c) The flesh starts to fall off the bones.
(d) The tide washes the body away.

11. What does Spencer believe of the people who built the new housing on the Thames Embankment?
(a) Spencer believes the builders were really trying to make the living quarters nicer.
(b) Spencer thinks the poor will end up destroying the new buildings.
(c) They would not house their hounds in such a building.
(d) The builders deliberately made the apartments smaller than the existing ones.

12. In London, why does Katherine visit Cora with Joanna?
(a) Katherine and Charles are watching the children while Stella is ill.
(b) Katherine and Charles have adopted Stella's children.
(c) Katherine have begun to mentor Joanna.
(d) Joanna asked to live with the Ambroses.

13. Why does Katherine decide to let the children visit Stella?
(a) Katherine receives word from William that it is okay.
(b) She finds them all together crying in the middle of the night.
(c) Stella has asked to see her children.
(d) Joanna is upset after Cora's visit and Katherine wants to make her better.

14. What does Frankie experience when he goes out walking after the dinner party?
(a) Frankie experienced the loss of a treasure.
(b) Frankie experiences fear for the first time.
(c) The Essex Serpent.
(d) Cracknell dying.

15. What does Stella think of William and Cora's relationship?
(a) Stella thinks Cora is trying to steal her husband.
(b) Stella believes their friendship will soon end.
(c) Stella pities William for his emotional entaglement.
(d) Stella thinks they are very good friends.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Cora think William thinks of her?

3. Why does Samuel Hall target Luke after the music?

4. How does William explain the answer to Francis' question?

5. When does Naomi go missing?

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