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

2. Why is Cora angry with Luke's letter?
(a) Because Luke promised he was only a friend.
(b) Because no one writes a love letter without the hopes of it being returned.
(c) Cora feels Luke has taken advantage of her state of mind.
(d) Because she is no longer friends with William.

3. What does Cora discover about the body of the dead fish?
(a) She discovers that it is from Bermuda.
(b) Cora finds that the dead fish is a giant eel.
(c) There is an oar fish that looks the same found in Bermuda.
(d) The dead fish is no longer visible.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What, to Naomi, is worse than someone's dislike?

2. What does William first think the stench is that pervades the air and makes people sick?

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

4. What does Naoimi Banks' teacher think of her?

5. What does Luke Garrett give to Cora at Cora's summer dinner party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Cora's prefered interaction with William Ransome?

2. What was the cause of the pervasive and foul smell in Aldwinter?

3. Why does Spencer become nauseated over his family fortune after discussing the London housing crisis?

4. Why, according to Luke, does he not listen to Spencer?

5. What caused Cora's harsh response to Luke Garrett's love declaration?

6. How does Naomi come to realize that her friendship with Joanna is waning?

7. Where does William take Stella after Luke Garrett writes to him?

8. Who was watching Ambrose, Garrett, Spencer and Martha as they walked the streets of the housing project?

9. Why does Joanna want to strike her own father inside the church?

10. As Samual Hall watches Edward Burton, for whom does his hatred build?

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