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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fosca serve Mariana when she has dinner in his rooms?
(a) Veal, baby potatoes, and asparagus.
(b) Leg of lamb, roast potatoes, and a green salad.
(c) Roast beef, mashed potatoes, and summer vegetables.
(d) Poached salmon and roasted vegetables.

2. What does Ruth's living room always smell of?
(a) Evergreen.
(b) Lilac.
(c) Lavender.
(d) Roses.

3. What expression crosses Morris's face when he sees Fosca as he is driven off in a police car?
(a) Bitterness.
(b) Animosity.
(c) Wrath.
(d) Rage.

4. What is the first book on a pile of books that Mariana sees on Fosca's coffee table?
(a) The Collected Works of Aeschylus.
(b) The Collected Works of Euripides.
(c) The Collected Works of Sophocles.
(d) The Collected Works of Aristophanes.

5. When was the Amateur Dramatic Club Theatre convered from an old coaching inn?
(a) 1850s.
(b) 1870s.
(c) 1790s.
(d) 1780s.

6. What was the drink Zoe imbibed during her initiation into the Maidens spiked with?
(a) Barbiturates.
(b) Valium.
(c) Adderall.
(d) GHB.

7. How old was Zoe when she and Sebastian became lovers?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

8. In Chapter 7, what color are the cows that are grazing?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Brown.
(d) Brown and white.

9. In Chapter 8, about how long is the knife Zoe finds in the folly?
(a) 10 inches.
(b) 7 inches.
(c) 13 inches.
(d) 8 inches.

10. When was the saint martyred on the postcard Mariana found in Veronica's dressing area at the theater?
(a) Around 400 A.D.
(b) 250 A.D.
(c) 200 A.D.
(d) Around 300 A.D.

11. In Part 3, Chapter 8, what does Clarissa order to eat?
(a) Pheasant.
(b) Roast beef.
(c) Veal.
(d) Lamb.

12. In Chapter 5, who meets Morris at the cemetery?
(a) Zoe.
(b) Fred.
(c) Serena.
(d) Julian.

13. When Zoe was initiated into the Maidens, what time was she to meet Fosca?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 11 p.m.
(c) Dusk.
(d) 1 a.m.

14. How many times does Zoe tell Mariana that she attended meetings with the Maidens?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

15. How old was the journal writer's mother when she left school?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 3, Chapter 1, how long does it take Mariana and Fred to walk to the place where the body was found?

2. How did Morris and Mariana get into an old cemetery in Chapter 4?

3. What time is Mariana awakened in Chapter 19?

4. When does Mariana think the photo of a young man and woman in Fred's room was taken?

5. What bird does Mariana see before she and Zoe arrive at the folly?

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