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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To get Rosina to leave, Charles tells her that he _____________ her.
(a) Doesn't care for
(b) Trusts
(c) Hates
(d) Believes

2. 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

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

4. What happened to Clement that she is not in Charles's life anymore?
(a) She disappeared.
(b) She died.
(c) She got married to his best friend.
(d) She revealed she was gay.

5. Who was Pergrine's ex-wife, according to his dialog with Charles during this chapter?
(a) Lizzie
(b) Hartley
(c) Clement
(d) Rosina

6. Where does Charles find all of the mail that has been delivered to him in the previous weeks?
(a) In town.
(b) At Hartley's house.
(c) His bathroom.
(d) An unknown mailbox.

7. From where did the person from #25 come in order to haunt Charles and to frighten him?
(a) Croydon
(b) Dublin
(c) Madrid
(d) London

8. Who does Charles come upon when he returns to his house after being in town to get celebratory items?
(a) Clement
(b) Hartley
(c) Rosina
(d) Lizzie

9. What does Charles think is in the ornate casket which James keeps in his house?
(a) His mother's ashes
(b) A sea serpent
(c) Demon
(d) His secrets

10. What does Charles see in the distance when he is watching Rosina leave?
(a) His son.
(b) A sea serpent.
(c) A flash of light.
(d) An old women.

11. Why does Hartley's husband have a limp, according to the writing of Charles in this story?
(a) He doesn't
(b) Defect
(c) Sports injury
(d) War injury

12. The dark marks on the table "which remained there ever after to remind [him] of that ____________ night."
(a) Happy
(b) Terrible
(c) Honest
(d) Scary

13. What room in the house where Charles lives contains windows in its walls?
(a) Bathroom
(b) Patio
(c) Mailroom
(d) Inner room

14. ___________ is the self-important Irishman is the most important friend in Charles's life.
(a) Peregrine
(b) Gilbert
(c) Titus
(d) Fitch

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Charles insists that there is no ______________ with Lizzie when he is talking to Rosina.

2. When the search in town is fruitless for Charles, he goes to the _____________ for the first time since he was a child.

3. What does Charles create that will express his love for Hartley, hopefully persuading her to leave?

4. Where is Fitch during the time that Hartley and Charles are able to talk to each other?

5. Who arrives to talk with Charles and to ask him to leave Lizzie alone?

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