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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stella admit to in her letter to Cora?

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

3. What shames Cora more than anything?

4. Who writes to Cora after the Ambrose introduction?

5. How does William and his family end up in Aldwinter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused the naturalist, Mary Anning, to begin her studies of the natural sciences?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cora discusses the manner in which she has switched her faith in religion to her faith in science. William questions her, "You think—you really think—that it is one or the other: your faith or your reason?" (127). Consider William's question and write an essay discussing whether religious faith and scientific reason can be combined, or does it have to be one or the other? Provide evidence for your response.

Essay Topic 2

There is protocol for death and dying and some expectations in Victorian England are described on page 25 of the novel. Write an essay that addresses the protocol described in the novel and compare it to your understandings of the protocol of today.

Essay Topic 3

Francis is a strange little boy. After the death of Michael Seaborne, Martha states, "How can I be afraid of him; he is nothing but a fatherless boy!" (26). Discuss the implications of Martha's statement and include inferences based on Cora's feelings for her son pre and post the death of his father.

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