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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. How did Morvath's adoptive parents die?
(a) From poisoned ink on their morning newspaper.
(b) In a fire while they were boating.
(c) In an explosion in a cow pasture.
(d) From being struck by falling birds.

2. In Chapter 18, what surprising information does Cecilia get about Miss Darlington?
(a) She plans to kill Lady Armitage.
(b) She is Morvath's mother.
(c) She is not biologically related to Cecilia.
(d) She deliberately let herself get captured.

3. When Cecilia interrupts Frederick's "effusions," what is she interrupting (180)?
(a) His unrestrained expression of feeling.
(b) His boring reminiscences about his childhood.
(c) His bitter critique of her father.
(d) His embarrassing oversharing about his health.

4. Why does Morvath have a hard time locating the door to the secret passage in the gallery?
(a) Cilla switched the portraits around.
(b) Jane Fairweather has drugged his tea.
(c) He is too angry to really focus on the task.
(d) He has not used the passages in many years.

5. What unusual weapon did Mrs. Rotunder employ in her recent assassination attempt against Miss Darlington?
(a) A chinchilla.
(b) A ladybug.
(c) A parrot.
(d) A dung beetle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cecilia tell Frederick she plans to use the secret passage to do?

2. 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)?

3. What surprises Cecilia about the hotel where she and Ned stay the night?

4. What does Ned steal from one of the Wisteria Society houses in Chapter 6?

5. What is Jane constantly reading throughout Chapters 6 and 7?

(see the answer key)

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