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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapter 21, "Post-Traumatic Housework Disorder," through Chapter 26, "A Woman's Liberation".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the women referring to when they speak of the "Great Peril" (81)?
(a) The police.
(b) Rain.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Freckles.

2. On page 244, what does Cecilia say she is doing when she draws a gun on Ned? ed asks Cecila whether she is jikacking the house
(a) She finds the situation "regrettable."
(b) She intends to "extract a confession" from Ned.
(c) She expects "more cheerful compliance" from Ned.
(d) She is "hijacking" her own life.

3. What does Cecilia throw at Morvath's feet in Chapter 18?
(a) The dagger he gave her as a child.
(b) A mathematics textbook.
(c) A smoke bomb.
(d) Her copy of Wuthering Heights.

4. When Cecilia goes downstairs after bidding Ned farewell, what does she find Queen Victoria and Miss Darlington doing?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Drinking sherry.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Sword fighting.

5. Why is Cecilia unable to read the letter from the Wisteria Society?
(a) She is not a senior member.
(b) Pleasance has hidden the letter.
(c) The letter is written in invisible ink.
(d) The letter is in code.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Cecilia use to describe non-pirates?

2. Why does Lady Armitage wish to have Cecilia killed?

3. Whose "high, fine voice" do Ned and Cecilia unexpectedly hear while they are in the secret passage (209)?

4. What upsets Cecilia about Ned's kiss at the beginning of Chapter 23?

5. What does Ned feel self-conscious about once he and Cecilia are in Cecilia's bedroom?

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