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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is on the piece of paper Naomi slips to Joanna in the classroom?
(a) There is a drawing of the Essex Serpent.
(b) A spell they had written weeks earlier.
(c) A poem Naomi has written.
(d) It is a note to Joanna asking her if she is mad.

3. What does Spencer's mother just recently discover in their ancestral home?
(a) His mother discovered a locked room.
(b) Spencer's mother found a room they never knew was there.
(c) Spencer's mom found a skeleton.
(d) His mother found a lost dog.

4. What does Cora and William discover at the summer dinner party?
(a) Neither of them are able to dance.
(b) They are in love with each other.
(c) That they are very good friends.
(d) That they are being thrown together by Stella.

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

6. What does Luke do that puts him in danger?
(a) He tries to protect Charles.
(b) Luke is protecting himself.
(c) He tries to protect Martha.
(d) He tries to protect Spencer.

7. What happens to Naomi at the White Hare tavern?
(a) Naomi makes friends with the men drinking there.
(b) Naomi is asked to show her webbing.
(c) Naomi is offered a drink.
(d) Naomi is raped.

8. What does Katherine believe the villagers of Aldwinter first thought about the smell?
(a) She believes they all thought they were poisoned.
(b) The smell was believed to be a curse.
(c) Katherine believes the villagers thought they had died.
(d) The villagers thought the earth opened up revealing tar pits.

9. When does Naomi go missing?
(a) Shortly after the hysteria at the school.
(b) After the incident at the tavern.
(c) The day Cracknell dies.
(d) Just before the summer dinner party at Cora's.

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

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

12. Why does Cora immediately write Luke after she wrote her angry letter?
(a) She is told by Spencer that she was overly harsh.
(b) Cora feels guilty for denying him.
(c) She wants to make sure he understands they are just friends.
(d) Cora finds out he was injured.

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

14. What did Charles Ambrose do once as a college student?
(a) He would go "slumming" when he was out partying with his school mates.
(b) He would visit the slums and sell bad oysters.
(c) He stole from the poor.
(d) He and a friend dressed in women's clothing and walked around the slums.

15. How does Martha justify taking advantage of Spencer?
(a) Martha claims she has never made him any promises for his help.
(b) Martha justifies using Spencer because she is a poor woman with no voice.
(c) Martha tells Luke that Spencer has more than enough money to help the poor.
(d) Martha tells Luke that she is not taking advantage of Spencer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stella think of William and Cora's relationship?

2. Who is invited and visits Joanna and Naomi's school?

3. Why does Cora write to William more often than she sees him?

4. Why is Cora angry with Luke's letter?

5. Who does Frankie realize he has patience for?

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