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

2. How does Julia explain her gardening techniques?
(a) She says that she has spent many hours practicing her techniques.
(b) She says that the techniques come to her naturally.
(c) She says that she learned the techniques from the previous gardener.
(d) She says that she read about the techniques in textbooks.

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

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

5. What is the first thing that Julia notices about the village children when she sees them for the first time?
(a) That they are playing an exciting game.
(b) That they have finer clothes than she does.
(c) That they are malnourished.
(d) That they all seem to be overweight.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her reoccurring dream about the church, what does Julia dream hits the building?

2. What rationalization does Julia give for the way that old people in the village greet her?

3. To what city does Uncle John and Celia wish to send Julia to see a doctor?

4. What has Julia lost in the village, prompting her, Richard, and Ralph to go back searching for it?

5. Who is Marianne Fortescue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What gift does Ralph bring for Julia, and what is the response to his gift?

2. After the visit to the village, what interesting visions does Julia begin to have regarding Ralph Megson?

3. How does it come to pass that Richard strikes Julia with his riding crop?

4. How do the villagers respond after hearing Julia's dream?

5. What is the reaction among Wideacre estates to Uncle John's payment plan?

6. What is the reaction to Uncle John catching Julia gardening?

7. How does Julia feel about having meeting and having to visit with Dr. Phillips?

8. How does Julia meet Clary Dench?

9. How do Uncle John and Celia react to Julia's visionary dreams?

10. How does Aunt Beatrice die?

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