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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 does William imagine Cora from the letter Charles Ambrose sends him?
(a) Fat, old and Anglo-Catholic.
(b) Skinny, old, and often squinting.
(c) William imagined her with a companion.
(d) Old and with an obnoxious lap-dog.

2. What does Stella show Cora in the church?
(a) The Restoration pew.
(b) A stain-glassed window depicting the Essex Serpent.
(c) The altar where the Essex Serpent was carved.
(d) The serpent carved on one of the church pews.

3. What flower has a smell both pleasant and unpleasant?
(a) Poesy.
(b) Daffodil.
(c) Rose.
(d) Jasmine.

4. How does Spencer provide money to Luke Garrett?
(a) Luke simply asks for the money.
(b) Spencer puts money in places for Luke to find.
(c) Spencer has set up an account for Luke.
(d) Spencer does not give money to Luke Garrett.

5. What does William do when he needs to think about something?
(a) William bars all of his children to the out-of-doors until he is able to think clearly.
(b) Goes to his office, smoke a cigar, and fall asleep..
(c) Goes into his office, shut the door, and climbs out the window to walk.
(d) Goes for a run to clear his head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Cora looking to find along the Essex shoreline?

2. What causes the Fata Morgana illusion?

3. Why is Joanna secretly excited that her dad cut his cheek?

4. Luke Garrett's nickname is The Imp. Who named him?

5. Why is Luke Garrett considered dangerous?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to Cracknell, what happened to one of his goats?

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

4. Whom did Naomi believe to have webbed hands like her own?

5. What did Cracknell's Gog and Magog provide him and Mrs. Ransome?

6. What did Stella find in Aldwinter that kept her entertained and happy?

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

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

9. What was Spencer, Luke Garrett's closest friend, considered to be by their former classmates?

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

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