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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. Why does Luke Garrett break down and cry after the surgery?

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

3. What does Cora do as the man she helps rescue the sheep just walks away?

4. Why does William call Cora a Solipsist?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In the introduction, what was the young man celebrating?

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

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

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

7. Luke Garrett was the first person to successfully complete what type of surgery in London?

8. Who does Spencer write to to request help regarding improving the housing project in London?

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

10. What did Cora state emphatically about her comings and goings to Charles Ambrose while having tea?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Martha states, "I've written to a man who can help—always comes down to money, doesn't it, in the end?" (210). Discuss what Martha means by it "always comes down to money." Do you agree, or disagree? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Cora was intrigued by the natural world. ". . .she called 'her Studies,' as if she were a boy cramming for college" (27). Think about this statement, then write an essay that addresses the implications of the statement regarding women and education. Discuss comparisons to today.

Essay Topic 3

"Martha says I've been selfish—that I've tried to tether everyone to me and not cared what they might have wanted. I said that this is how we all live or else we'd only ever be alone" (341). Discuss what Cora means. Do you agree? Explain.

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