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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Ned give Cecilia for knowing the area of Sidmouth well?
(a) Sidmouth is where his house was located when it was pushed off a cliff.
(b) He knows it from an undercover job as a village butcher.
(c) He knows it from his days as a smuggler.
(d) Sidmouth is where he grew up.

2. What does Cecilia threaten to stab Ned with in Chapter 1?
(a) A letter opener.
(b) An ice pick.
(c) A hatpin.
(d) A fish knife.

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

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

5. What is Jane constantly reading throughout Chapters 6 and 7?
(a) A book of war poems.
(b) Wuthering Heights.
(c) Jane Eyre.
(d) A book of Wordsworth poems.

6. How long has Cecilia been Miss Darlington's ward?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 16 years.
(c) 13 years.
(d) 7 years.

7. What does Cecilia have for the first time at the hotel?
(a) Oysters.
(b) Rum.
(c) Wine.
(d) Kidney pie.

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

9. What unexpected thing does Ned do as he is leaving Lady Armitage's house?
(a) He kisses Lady Armitage.
(b) He draws an "X" on the front door.
(c) He steals a portrait of Cecilia.
(d) He kills Lady Armitage.

10. By what name does Ned introduce himself to Cecilia in Chapter 3?
(a) Captain Lightbourne.
(b) Dr. Lumes.
(c) Teddy Luxe.
(d) Eduardo de Luca.

11. Whose butler has stolen her house?
(a) Miss Jones's.
(b) Mrs. Eames's.
(c) Miss Brown's.
(d) Miss Fairweather's.

12. Who is Black Beryl?
(a) One of Miss Darlington's sworn enemies.
(b) One of the ghosts that haunts Pleasance.
(c) The founder of the Wisteria Society.
(d) The person who discovered the flight incantation.

13. What does Ned steal from one of the Wisteria Society houses in Chapter 6?
(a) A portrait of Cilla.
(b) A pair of silver candlesticks.
(c) A ribbon he once saw Cecilia wear.
(d) A crystal bowl.

14. What two forms of speech does Cecilia forbid Ned from using while they are on their way into the hotel?
(a) Crude language and lies.
(b) Lies and nicknames.
(c) Poetry and crude language.
(d) Nicknames and poetry.

15. Who fires shots at Darlington House as it comes in for a landing in Ottery St. Mary?
(a) Jane Fairweather.
(b) Patrick Morvath.
(c) Ned Lightbourne.
(d) Constantinopla Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Darlington House lifts off in Chapter 4, what dangerous thing happens to Cecilia?

2. Where is Cecilia's mother?

3. Whom does Ned tell Cecilia is the traitor within the Wisteria Society?

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. On page 78, what criticism does Miss Darlington make of Miss Brown's language when they are just outside the Ancient Mariner?

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