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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Cora and William first meet?
(a) When Will is trying to help a goat that is stuck in a pond.
(b) When they are introduced by the Ambroses.
(c) When Cora is out surveying the marshland for fossils.
(d) During Michael Seaborne's funeral service.

2. Cora and Martha quite unexpectedly meet their friends in the streets of Colchester. Who are the friends?
(a) Thomas Taylor and his daughter.
(b) Luke Garrett and Spencer.
(c) William and Stella Ransome.
(d) Charles and Katherine Ambrose.

3. Who does Michael Seaborne believe should raise his child?
(a) Cora.
(b) Tutors and nurses.
(c) A nanny.
(d) A nurse.

4. What is World's End?
(a) A hotel in Aldwinter.
(b) The name of a town.
(c) Cracknell's house.
(d) The neighboring town to Aldwinter.

5. What does Cora think the initial sounds are when she overhears the man trying to help the sheep?
(a) A man beating a child.
(b) Two men fighting.
(c) A wild boar hiding in the immediate area.
(d) The Essex Serpent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Ransomes have that made them unique?

2. What does Francis believe has happened to him during his visit to Colchester?

3. How does Luke Garrett find out about the need of the heart patient?

4. How does Luke get the child to stop crying on the train?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who showed up to the Ransome's house while Cora was visiting for the first time?

2. What character is introduced reciting the parts of the human heart?

3. What is the Flying Dutchman that Cora and William saw while walking?

4. What did Luke Garrett believe Cora sent him through their correspondence?

5. What did Cora feel disgraced her during her attendance at Sunday service in Aldwinter?

6. Who writes to Cora first to invite her to visit the family in Aldwinter?

7. Cora was out for a walk and stumbled upon what scene?

8. What did Francis insist on doing immediately after the funeral services of Michael Seaborne?

9. Reverend Willliam Ransome was the Rector of what parish?

10. What does Cora think is of the utmost importance for a person to do for themselves?

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