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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Charles alert Hartley that it is him at the front door with the letter after Fitch leaves?
(a) He calls ahead of time.
(b) Special knock.
(c) Doorbell.
(d) A birdcall.

2. What does Charles confess he has yet to see during his time at his seaside home?
(a) Pelicans
(b) Seals
(c) A sunset
(d) Whales

3. What are the two things which came with the house that Charles bought? An exotically framed mirror and an ugly _________.
(a) Plate
(b) Painting
(c) Vase
(d) Sculpture

4. Who is the Buddhist and ex-soldier cousin of Charles with whom he shares a strange kind of rivalry?
(a) Gilbert
(b) Peregrine
(c) James
(d) Fitch

5. Who does James express particular interest in hearing more about as Charles speaks?
(a) Fitch
(b) Hartley
(c) Titus
(d) Peregrine

6. What does Fitch go in search of when Charles arrives and makes up a story about Hartley?
(a) Will
(b) Her letters
(c) Flashlight
(d) A gun

7. What did Fitch do to Titus, which is part of the reason why Titus runs away from home?
(a) Beat him.
(b) Ignore him.
(c) Walk with him.
(d) Tell him what school to attend.

8. Rosina points out that Lizzie would dedicate the rest of her life to ______________ Charles.
(a) Lying to
(b) Loving
(c) Enjoying
(d) Spoiling the life of

9. Where does Charles go the next day as he is nursing a hangover from his night with Peregrine?
(a) Art gallery
(b) Sea
(c) A library
(d) The train station

10. Rosina insists that Charles tell her that he believes her _____________ as she is leaving.
(a) Promises
(b) Threats
(c) Lies
(d) Lines

11. Rosina reminds Charles that he promised her that he would _______________ if he ever made that choice.
(a) Marry her
(b) Marry Lizzie
(c) Marry Hartley
(d) Marry Clement

12. What is the name of the seaside community in which Charles lives within this story?
(a) Shruff End
(b) Narrowdean
(c) Waynetown
(d) Nibletts

13. Where does Charles go to find Hartley as he is afraid she fell on the rocks, though he can not find her by the rocks?
(a) Croydon
(b) London
(c) Shruff End
(d) Nibletts

14. Charles decides to go to Hartley and her husband's house, interrupting their ____________________.
(a) TV time
(b) Tea time
(c) Walk
(d) Evening meal

15. Who does Charles decide he wants to befriend and to mentor in order to get closer to Hartley?
(a) James
(b) Fitch
(c) Titus
(d) Peregrine

Short Answer Questions

1. Charles prays that he be allowed to find Hartley and to make her _____________.

2. What does Hartley tearfully admit to Charles when he goes out to look for her the next day?

3. James's apartment is cluttered with _______________ memorabilia which is part junk and part treasure.

4. Where does Charles write his story in relative security and peace in this chapter?

5. What is the look in Hartley's eyes when she recognizes Charles in the crowd?

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