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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. How were Minor's and Murray's families similar?
(a) They were both deeply pious.
(b) They did not have a father figure.
(c) They both ignored each man as a child.
(d) They were both poor.

2. The Oxford Dictionary was comprised of _____________volumes.
(a) Eight.
(b) Nine.
(c) Six.
(d) Twelve.

3. In Chapter 2, the author gives a detailed description of what word?
(a) Love.
(b) Murder.
(c) Antgonist.
(d) Protagonist.

4. In what century did some Latin-English dictionaries began to appear?
(a) The 14th century.
(b) The 15th century.
(c) The 16th century.
(d) The 12th century.

5. Where was Minor born?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) Bristol.
(c) London.
(d) Sri Lanka.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who heard the three shots fired in the beginning of the book?

2. What was the name of Murray's first wife?

3. What were Merrett's killer's two former professional positions?

4. How old was Lucy when she died?

5. Who wrote A Dictionary of the English Language?

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