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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julia immediately realize about herself when she arrives in Bath?
(a) That she is uneducated to the ways of these foreigners.
(b) That she is a country girl.
(c) That she is more educated that the doctor.
(d) That she is high society in comparison to these people.

2. Why is Dench fired?
(a) For breaking Celia's glass vase.
(b) For stealing linens from the Acre.
(c) For being drunk on the job.
(d) For letting Julia ride the horse.

3. Who does Julia refer to as a "great lout"?
(a) Ralph's cleaning woman.
(b) Ralph's sister.
(c) Ralph's girlfriend.
(d) Ralph's mother.

4. In which country are there rebellions leading to beheadings, as mentioned in the novel?
(a) Ireland.
(b) England.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

5. How does Ralph respond to Uncle John's plan when Richard presents it to him?
(a) He is excited.
(b) He is outraged.
(c) He is saddened.
(d) He is skeptical.

6. What animal attacks Richard in the barn?
(a) A flock of chickens.
(b) A gaggle of geese.
(c) A herd of cows.
(d) A flock of sheep.

7. Who catches Julia gardening and comments on her talent?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Richard.
(c) Celia.
(d) Uncle John.

8. What is Marianne's social status?
(a) Lower than Julia's.
(b) Equal to Julia's.
(c) Higher than Julia's.
(d) There is no mention of Marianne's social ranking.

9. Which of the following characters have plans to become the next owner of the Wideacre estate?
(a) Richard.
(b) Matthew Merry.
(c) Clary.
(d) Ralph.

10. How old was Julia when her father died?
(a) Twenty-two-years-old.
(b) Twelve-years-old.
(c) Two-years-old.
(d) Twenty-years-old.

11. How does Julia dream that the village will be destroyed?
(a) By a tornado.
(b) By a fire.
(c) By an earthquake.
(d) By a monsoon.

12. In which of the following places has Julia NOT had an encounter with her Aunt Beatrice?
(a) While standing in a field.
(b) While lying in her bed.
(c) While working at the watering hole.
(d) While opening a gate.

13. What does Uncle John give to Julia for her birthday on the day that he returns from the mines?
(a) A feather pen.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) A new horse.
(d) A new gown.

14. After planning the crops for the year, how much of the harvest will be sold at a fair price to the villagers?
(a) None of the crops.
(b) A large percentage.
(c) All of the crops.
(d) A small percentage.

15. What does Julia do with the extra trees from her orchard?
(a) She plants them by the sea side.
(b) She plants them in her small, personal garden.
(c) She throws them away.
(d) She plants them in the village.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which holiday brings out gypsy dancers in the village?

2. Which of the following is a subject taught at the school for village children?

3. What terrible incident happens to the house that Julia was raised in as a child?

4. When Julia is fighting with the village children, where is Richard?

5. As Julia explains it to Ralph, why doesn't she have a horse?

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