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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Several times when Charles and Hartley are talking, she says that she has to leave to _____________.
(a) Read a book.
(b) Be with her husband.
(c) Wash her hair.
(d) Do her shopping.

2. Fitch accuses Hartley of getting back together with _____________ during the argument they have.
(a) Joseph
(b) Gilbert
(c) Peregrine
(d) Charles

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

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

5. Who drives Charles to London in order to take him away from his situation with Hartley?
(a) Gilbert
(b) Rosina
(c) Fitch
(d) Lizzie

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charles think is in the ornate casket which James keeps in his house?

2. Who does Charles come upon when he returns to his house after being in town to get celebratory items?

3. What does Hartley mention that Fitch still has from his army days, though she mentions this in passing?

4. Charles considers whether Fitch and Hartley are happy, or whether any married couple is ____________.

5. Charles sneaks his way into the ________________ at Niblett's and tries to learn more about the relationship of Fitch and Hartley.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Charles say about the situation in which he has placed himself as he is writing?

2. What does Charles do for the first time since he was a child when he is out looking for Hartley?

3. How does Charles introduce himself to the reader in terms of his profession and achievements?

4. What did Charles intend for the first paragraph of his writing in the book?

5. What does Hartley do when Charles's hand brushes up against her twice as they are talking?

6. When Charles asks Peregrine who his first love was, who does Peregrine name for his answer?

7. What happens to Rosina's face when Charles is staring at her as he is talking to her?

8. From what location is Charles writing after his encounter with Fitch about Hartley and her feelings?

9. What does Rosina confess to doing in order to haunt Charles in his house at Shruff End?

10. Why does Gilbert arrive on the doorstep of Charles at the start of this chapter's events?

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