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The House on Vesper Sands Test | Final Test - Medium

Paraic O'Donnell
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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 descriptions does Ada offend Cutter?
(a) Minty.
(b) Mmisy.
(c) Flinty.
(d) Flimsy.

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

3. With which of the following does Chapter XIX begin?
(a) “The man who waited for them at London Bridge Station was by now familiar.”
(b) “When Georgie knocked to announce a visitor, Octavia assumed at first that she had simply misheard.”
(c) “The house was not large, for a family of such means, but its isolation gave a stark grandeur to its appearance.”
(d) “Gideon was woken by a quietness in the weather.”

4. What kind of tree does Gideon pass as he pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands?
(a) Aspen.
(b) Laurel.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Birch.

5. With which of the following does Chapter XXI begin?
(a) “The man who waited for them at London Bridge Station was by now familiar.”
(b) “‘Ladies and gentlemen,’ said the voice.”
(c) “By morning the train had carried them as far as Deal.”
(d) “Gideon was woken by a quietness in the weather.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sergeant confronts Octavia when she calls on Cutter?

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

4. With which of the following does Chapter XXV begin?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What reasons for caution in pursuing his theories does Cutter note to Gideon at the house on Vesper Sands?

3. How does Elf determine that Cutter is an independent agent?

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

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

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

7. The hostess of the medium performance Octavia attends has money from her husband. What is the source of that money?

8. Why do Octavia and George note surprise at Elf calling on them?

9. As Gideon pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands, what prompts him to curse obscenely?

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

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