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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. ___________ has left university in search of Charles as he wants to ask where Charles is actually his father.
(a) Titus
(b) James
(c) Joseph
(d) Peregrine

2. James tells Charles he sees plans for ______________ in Charles's eyes, and notices also the long simmering resentment.
(a) Peace
(b) Pain
(c) Revenge
(d) Manipulation

3. What does Hartley refuse from Charles, saying over and over again that she wants to go home?
(a) Clothes
(b) Baths
(c) Books
(d) Breakfast

4. Charles tells Titus that he is _____________, but that he will take care of him as though it were true.
(a) Not his father
(b) Hartley's problem
(c) A good person
(d) A good student

5. Who does Charles imagine throwing off the rocks in order to kill him?
(a) Titus
(b) Fitch
(c) James
(d) Gilbert

Short Answer Questions

1. _____________ is strolling precariously on the rocks bordering the sea when someone pushes him into the water.

2. At this point of the book, Charles decides he is no longer writing a ____________, but rather a memoir.

3. Charles says that the ____________ is the only part of his life with any meaning and that he wants to wait for Hartley.

4. The next morning, Charles dresses Hartley in an overcoat and a _____________ for her trip back home.

5. Charles begins to rationalize that he was saved by _______________ during the attempted murder.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Charles become frustrated when he sees Hartley and Titus reunited because of his actions?

2. Who is involved in helping take Hartley back to her home and back to Fitch?

3. Why did Peregrine attempt to kill Charles, as he states in his confession to Charles in this section?

4. Peregrine insults Charles by saying that he wouldn't have been as great as he was if not for what person?

5. How does Rosina interrupt the trip back to Nibletts, which is taking Hartley back to her husband?

6. Why does Charles treat Rosina with contempt and with dismissiveness?

7. What does Charles do with the apartment that James has left to him in his will?

8. What does Gilbert say to Charles when he arrives at Charles's home after the incident with Lizzie?

9. What is revealed to have happened to Peregrine at the ending of this book?

10. What causes everyone in the house Charles owns to be in a bit of a daze for a few days?

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