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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. What does Alicia's letter complain about in Chapter 1?
(a) Living conditions.
(b) The weather.
(c) Her lack of social life.
(d) Queen Mary's political policies.

2. Who is Old Dorothy?
(a) Sir Geoffrey's great-aunt.
(b) The nurse of Sir Geoffrey's late wife.
(c) Sir Geoffrey's sister.
(d) Cecily's tutor.

3. What was the name of the game that Cecily liked to play?
(a) "Cecily is dizzy".
(b) "Cecily is lost".
(c) "Cecily is silly".
(d) "Cecily is pretty".

4. What had Old Dorothy told Kate about Christopher that Kate reveals to him in Chapter 4?
(a) That he secretly loved Sir Geoffrey's late wife.
(b) That he has a gambling problem.
(c) That he fathered a bastard child.
(d) That he killed Cecily to gain the entire estate for himself.

5. Who is being held hostage by the Fairy Folk in Chapter 6?
(a) Alicia.
(b) Kate.
(c) Sir Geoffrey.
(d) Cecily.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Cecily when Anne died?

2. What does the singer thank Kate for in Chapter 2?

3. What does the stranger ask Sir Geoffrey for in Chapter 2?

4. What does Old Dorothy think happened to Cecily?

5. What do Christopher and Kate worry about in regards to the timing in their world in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Anne Warden?

2. Who is Master John?

3. What does Christopher believe is the reason that Cecily is being held hostage in Chapter 6?

4. What mysterious things does Kate see and hear upon arriving at Perilous Gard in Chapter 2?

5. What does Old Dorothy tell Kate about why so many people pass through the courtyard in Chapter 4?

6. What does Christopher remind Kate about the letter in Chapter 6?

7. What does Kate try to convince herself of at the end of her journey in Chapter 3?

8. What is Kate's punishment for the letter in Chapter 1?

9. Who is Blanche Parry?

10. How is Kate treated at the estate in Chapter 4?

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