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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter 16, "Breakfast With the Devil," through Chapter 20, "Triumph".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose "high, fine voice" do Ned and Cecilia unexpectedly hear while they are in the secret passage (209)?
(a) Miss Brown's.
(b) Lady Armitage's.
(c) Jane Fairweather's.
(d) Miss Darlington's.

2. Why is Pleasance anxious about going into the village for tea at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) She thinks the house will be stolen.
(b) She is nervous around the women of the Wisteria Society.
(c) She is afraid of the ghosts at the Ancient Mariner.
(d) She worries about Cecilia's health.

3. Who appears at Lady Armitage's house when she is expecting Ned in Chapter 12?
(a) Morvath.
(b) Alex.
(c) Randall.
(d) Jacobsen.

4. What are the "tiny white wishes" that Cecilia is focused on in the scene at Greenwich with her mother (195)?
(a) Apple blossoms.
(b) Dandelion fluff.
(c) Lily petals.
(d) Clover flowers.

5. After her conversation with Ned in Chapter 8, what does Cecilia begin to suspect about the Wisteria Society women?
(a) More than one of them is in league with Morvath.
(b) Many of them have never killed anyone.
(c) They are afraid Cecilia will turn out like her father.
(d) They left their houses unguarded as a trap for Morvath.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what evidence does Lady Armitage offer Ned and Cecilia that Morvath's hideout is nearby?

2. On page 150, why does Cecilia think it would be better to stab Ned than to slap him?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 20, what does the narrator say Ned would refuse to do if he could live his life over again?

4. When the narrative describes the Wisteria Society women inside the Ancient Mariner as "an Impressionist's fever dream," what claim is being made about their appearance (79)?

5. After dinner in Chapter 13, what suspicion does Ned share with Cecilia?

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