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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Betrothed, The Bridegroom, and The Rose and the Thistle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the common people respond to Margaret as she travels to marry James?
(a) The reader never learns this information.
(b) She has to travel in secret.
(c) Terribly; they pelt her carriage with tomatoes.
(d) Very well; they seem to like her.

2. What country does the opening of "The Thistle and the Rose" take place in?
(a) "Somewhere in South America."
(b) England.
(c) Spain.
(d) America.

3. How old is Henry when the novel opens?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

4. Who is the child Margaret encounters one day in the castle shortly after she marries James?
(a) Her sister.
(b) A ghost.
(c) Her niece.
(d) His daughter with another woman.

5. What kind of father does James want to be?
(a) Strict but fair.
(b) Any kind other than how his own father was.
(c) Absent but powerful when he is present (rarely).
(d) Cruel and distant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Margaret first react to James's infidelity?

2. What do James and Margaret do after their marriage?

3. What does Henry always want as a child?

4. What is the one thing that Margaret can give James that his lovers cannot?

5. What happens to Margaret's mother after she gives birth after Margaret's wedding?

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