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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Stella pitty her husband?
(a) He is a pastor and is sinning.
(b) He will have to raise three children by himself.
(c) She knows he has grown attached to Cora.
(d) She thinks he will catch the disease as well.

3. What is the purpose for Spencer asking for Charles' help with the housing in London?
(a) Spencer thinks it will make Martha see him.
(b) Spencer believes it will be a tremendous boost to the project.
(c) Charles' money is needed for Martha's project.
(d) Martha told Spencer he should ask Charles for the money.

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

5. 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.

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

7. How does Cora think William thinks of her?
(a) Cora thinks William believes she is just a friend of Stella's.
(b) She thinks William looks at her as simply a mind.
(c) She believes William thinks of her as friend.
(d) Cora thinks William is in love with her.

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

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

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

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

12. What is wrong with Stella's lungs?
(a) One of Stella's lungs has collapsed.
(b) A lung is full of blood.
(c) One of her lungs is full of fluid.
(d) A lung has become full of tuberculosis.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cora and William discover at the summer dinner party?

2. What does Martha accuse Cora of wanting?

3. Who does Cora watch after Luke Garret is stabbed?

4. How does Stella think to stir up scandal with the townsfolk to pass the time?

5. What does Martha infer when she tells Edward she cannot marry him?

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