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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 17, what color cassocks do the choirboys wear?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Navy.
(d) White.

2. Where did Mariana grow up?
(a) Germany.
(b) Greece.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

3. In Part 2, Chapter 1, what does the journal writer say he saw when walking in the city?
(a) Three-legged dog.
(b) Black cat.
(c) Possum.
(d) Fox.

4. How old is Professor Clarissa MIller?
(a) Late 70s.
(b) Early 70s.
(c) 69.
(d) 68.

5. Who does Clarissa think is the author of the quote on the postcard Mariana found in Tara's room?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Aeschylus.
(c) Aristophanes.
(d) Euripides.

6. Which college does Zoe attend at Cambridge?
(a) St. Christopher's.
(b) Pembroke.
(c) King's.
(d) Queens'.

7. How old was Mariana's father when he bought his own boat?
(a) 28.
(b) 31.
(c) 33.
(d) 25.

8. What time does Mariana agree to meet Fred in Part 2, Chapter 3?
(a) 9 p.m.
(b) 8:30 p.m.
(c) 9:30 p.m.
(d) 8 p.m.

9. What does Veronica Drake's father do?
(a) U.S. industrialist.
(b) U.S. Senator.
(c) U.S. governor.
(d) U.S. actor.

10. What type of tragedy is Zoe studying during the term in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Greek.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Elizabethan.
(d) Heroic.

11. What are the six young women wearing who arrive with Professor Fosca in the college chapel for Tara's service?
(a) Black robes.
(b) White robes.
(c) White dresses.
(d) Blue dresses.

12. In Part 2, Chapter 8, what year is Zoe entering?
(a) 3rd.
(b) 2nd.
(c) 1st.
(d) 4th.

13. What is the name of Tara's bedder?
(a) Elsie.
(b) Matilda.
(c) Amy.
(d) Grace.

14. How long have bedder's been employed at the colleges to make beds, empty trash cans, and clean rooms?
(a) 180 years.
(b) Over 200 years.
(c) 250 years.
(d) 100s of years.

15. How did Mariana's mother die when she was a baby?
(a) Airplane crash.
(b) Car crash.
(c) Drowned.
(d) Cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Part 2, Chapter 9, when is Professor Fosca's next lecture?

2. How often did Zeus allow Persephone to return from the dead every year?

3. What did Henry study at the university before he had a breakdown?

4. How old is Henry Booth?

5. What work did Mariana's paternal grandfather do?

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