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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 11, "A Sudden Awakening," through Chapter 15, "Cecilia's Tragic Childhood".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lady Armitage daydream about Ned doing when he finally brings her news of Cecilia's death?
(a) Asking her to run away with him to Italy.
(b) Kneeling before her devotedly and begging to be her servant.
(c) Revealing his true identity and telling her all his secrets.
(d) Assuring her that Miss Darlington has collapsed from grief.

2. What does Cecilia tell Oply is the reason that Jane is not yet a senior member of the Wisteria Society?
(a) Jane has not yet graduated from school.
(b) Jane is considered unreliable and sneaky.
(c) Jane has never robbed a bank.
(d) Jane does not have her "wings."

3. What bird appears in the title of Chapter 1?
(a) Emu.
(b) Mamo.
(c) Auk.
(d) Dodo.

4. What does Cecilia see when she first opens her eyes in her childhood bedroom?
(a) Ned Lightbourne.
(b) A portrait of her mother.
(c) Frederick Bassingthwaite.
(d) The cockatiel wallpaper.

5. Who is the dark figure that Cecilia and Ned notice creeping through the woods and both jump out to confront?
(a) Jacobsen.
(b) Alex.
(c) Morvath.
(d) Lady Armitage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose idea is it to have tea in Ottery St. Mary?

2. Why have Miss Darlington and Miss Brown fallen out of touch?

3. When Cecilia tells Ned that, since he is the one doing the killing, it is his responsibility to "provide the coin for Charon," what technique is being used (31)?

4. What does Cecilia mean when she tells Ned that "for an Italian, you have a remarkably Etonian accent" (30)?

5. What reason does Ned give Cecilia for knowing the area of Sidmouth well?

(see the answer key)

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