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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Marguerite eat supper before leaving to find her husband?
(a) The Fisherman's Rest.
(b) The Greenfield Hotel.
(c) The Dock House.
(d) The Ship's Gallery.

2. How many soldiers does Chauvelin send to find Armand when he hears where he is?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 6.
(d) 24.

3. What does Margeurite do when she gets home from the ball?
(a) Goes to bed.
(b) Reads a book.
(c) Goes for a walk.
(d) Orders a dinner made.

4. What is found in the place where Armand was seen hiding when the soldiers rush into it?
(a) Maps.
(b) A large feast.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Mannequins.

5. What is engraved on the object Marguerite finds on the floor of the private rooms?
(a) A scarlet pimpernel.
(b) A fluer de lis.
(c) A celtic knot.
(d) An owl.

6. Who is the third person Margeurite talks to in the boudoir?
(a) Lord Blakeney.
(b) A servant.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Chauvelin.

7. What makes Marguerite think Blakeney will never escape Chauvelin?
(a) When she hears how many guards he has posted.
(b) When he offers a huge reward for news of Blakeney.
(c) When he passes out his picture.
(d) When she hears his plan of attack.

8. What message does Margeurite have the second person she talks to in the boudoir send?
(a) That she is ill.
(b) That she will be going home with a friend.
(c) That she already left.
(d) That she is ready to go home.

9. What is the man in the supper room at the appointed hour doing?
(a) Writing.
(b) Reading.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Sleeping.

10. What does Blakeney do as he walks up the path to where Armand was seen hiding?
(a) Sings.
(b) Claps.
(c) Shoots a gun.
(d) Skips and twirls.

11. Why does Marguerite not show herself when Chauvelin is talking with Lord Blakeney?
(a) She doesn't want her husband to be mad.
(b) All of these.
(c) She wants to see what will happen.
(d) She doesn't want to make the situation worse.

12. What does Chauvelin have to do to get the Jewish man to stay with him?
(a) Offer him more money.
(b) Bind and gag him.
(c) Withhold his promised payment.
(d) Beat him.

13. What important question does Margeurite ask her husband after the ball?
(a) Why he was in the supper room.
(b) Why he stopped loving her.
(c) Where he is going the next day.
(d) If he still loves her at all.

14. How far behind does Andrew think Chauvelin is when they get to Calais?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

15. Where does Chauvelin promise to send Armand when he has captured the Scarlet Pimpernel?
(a) France.
(b) America.
(c) Italy.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Blakeney seen renting from a Jewish man in Calais?

2. Who does Margeurite have the second person she talks to in the boudoir send a message to?

3. Who talks to Margeurite just before she gets into her carriage to leave the ball?

4. What is the man sailing with Marguerite to meet her husband dressed as when he arrives?

5. What has Blakeney actually given Chauvelin as they sit talking a the inn in Calais?

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