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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Gathering Earth's Daughters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Merrett's killer's two former professional positions?
(a) Police officer and professor.
(b) Professor and army officer.
(c) Qualified surgeon and police officer..
(d) Army officer and qualified surgeon.

2. At what time where the three shots fired in the opening of the book?
(a) 1 a.m.
(b) 2 a.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 5 a.m.

3. How many men authored A Dictionary of the English Language?
(a) Six men.
(b) Fourteen men.
(c) Five men.
(d) Nine men.

4. Where did Richard Chenevix Trench speak?
(a) Outside Cambridge University.
(b) In the streets of London.
(c) In the London Library.
(d) In Town Hall.

5. How did the author describe the man who chased George Merrett on the night of his death?
(a) He wore a black mask and was carrying a gun.
(b) He wore a black jacket and was carrying a gun,
(c) He wore a black mask and was carrying a blade.
(d) He wore a black cloak and was carrying a blade.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were Minor's and Murray's families similar?

2. What word is defined in the opening of the book?

3. How does the author describe the words in the early English dictionaries in Chapter 4, Gathering Earth's Daughters?

4. How old was the man who killed Merrett?

5. How old was Lucy when she died?

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