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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. With which of the following does Chapter XVIII begin?
(a) “The house was not large, for a family of such means, but its isolation gave a stark grandeur to its appearance.”
(b) “When Georgie knocked to announce a visitor, Octavia assumed at first that she had simply misheard.”
(c) “Gideon was woken by a quietness in the weather.”
(d) “By morning the train had carried them as far as Deal.”

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. In what month does Lux Perpetua take place?
(a) May.
(b) July.
(c) April.
(d) June.

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

5. Who greets Gideon and Cutter on their arrival at the house on Vesper Sands?
(a) Welsh.
(b) Cornish.
(c) Yorkie.
(d) Salopian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near which of the following stations are Octavia and Elf forced to wait?

2. Which supposed spirit is the first to appear in the medium performance Octavia attends?

3. With which of the following does Chapter XX begin?

4. To which of the following is Angela’s hand compared?

5. What weapon does Cutter ready as he and Gideon pursue Angela from the house on Vesper Sands?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does O’Donnell note as the likely effect of a full bibliography for a work of fiction (401)?

2. Why does Cutter think the traffic approaching the house on Vesper Sands as he and Gideon pursue Angela is not a coach?

3. What circumstances make it appear Strythe died in London?

4. What pattern do Octavia and Elf note in the disappearances of young women associated with the Spiriters?

5. As Gideon pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands, why does he posit Cutter will think him mad?

6. How does Neuilly convince Octavia of his sincerity and lucidity in the letter he leaves for her?

7. As Gideon and Cutter arrive in Deal, what is Gideon’s primary concern?

8. What suggestion does Gideon make about Cutter’s specialty in policing?

9. How does Ada explain the shipwreck visible from the house on Vesper Sands?

10. Why does Octavia note that she has kept her story from the newspapers?

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