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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of the following does Cutter compare Gideon?
(a) Canary.
(b) Parrot.
(c) Parakeet.
(d) Budgie.

2. With which of the following does Chapter XXIV begin?
(a) “She was gone.”
(b) “Octavia dreamed of the house on Vesper Sands.”
(c) “It was still dark when Gideon was shaken awake.”
(d) “He came to in darkness.”

3. With which of the following does Chapter XXIII begin?
(a) “He came to in darkness.”
(b) “Octavia dreamed of the house on Vesper Sands.”
(c) “It was still dark when Gideon was shaken awake.”
(d) “She was gone.”

4. Which of the following does Ada order for herself, Gideon, and Cutter at greeting them?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Sherry.
(c) Cognac.
(d) Port.

5. With which of the following descriptions does Ada offend Cutter?
(a) Flimsy.
(b) Flinty.
(c) Minty.
(d) Mmisy.

6. With which of the following does Lux Perpetua end?
(a) “At New Scotland Yard, since she could fix upon no suitable place to conceal it, Octavia conducted her bicycle directly into the public office.”
(b) “It rushed to gather her up, at last, to take her and carry her weightlessly from the earth.”
(c) “In Half Moon Street, just as she came near to the house, Esther Tull felt the first gentleness of the snow.”
(d) “It seemed impossible, even as it faded, to imagine that it was anything other than eternal.”

7. Octavia views a photo of which of the following first?
(a) Johanna Styles.
(b) Ginny Foster.
(c) Lottie Hinde.
(d) Felicity Hardwick.

8. With which of the following does Chapter XXII begin?
(a) “By morning the train had carried them as far as Deal.”
(b) “The man who waited for them at London Bridge Station was by now familiar.”
(c) “‘Ladies and gentlemen,’ said the voice.”
(d) “The house was not large, for a family of such means, but its isolation gave a stark grandeur to its appearance.”

9. In which of the following does O’Donnell live?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Belfast.
(c) Limerick.
(d) Wicklow.

10. With which of the following does Chapter XVII begin?
(a) “The house was not large, for a family of such means, but its isolation gave a stark grandeur to its appearance.”
(b) “By morning the train had carried them as far as Deal.”
(c) “When Georgie knocked to announce a visitor, Octavia assumed at first that she had simply misheard.”
(d) “‘Ladies and gentlemen,’ said the voice.”

11. What name does Elf give to his companion as he and Octavia travel to the house on Vesper Sands?
(a) White.
(b) Grey.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

12. How old is the girl whose photograph Octavia views last?
(a) 19.
(b) 24.
(c) 13.
(d) 14.

13. Which of the following scholars does O’Donnell cite for references to policing?
(a) Flanders.
(b) Lock.
(c) Picard.
(d) Owen.

14. On what day in February is the excerpt from Octavia’s newspaper published?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

15. Octavia views a photo of which of the following last?
(a) Johanna Styles.
(b) Lottie Hinde.
(c) Felicity Hardwick.
(d) Ginny Foster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which supposed spirit is the last to appear in the medium performance Octavia attends?

2. Of what origin does Cutter assert the crystal is that had been found at Esther Tull’s death-site?

3. To which of the following does Cutter compare Ada?

4. What does Elf note is Cutter’s given name?

5. Where was the opal of which Gideon is reminded mined?

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