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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprises Cecilia about the hotel where she and Ned stay the night?
(a) The staff seems to know Ned already.
(b) It is small and run-down.
(c) It is fancier than she guessed it would be.
(d) The staff seems to be composed of pirates.

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

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

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

5. Which name does Ned use when he offers his services as an assassin to Lady Armitage?
(a) Duarte Leveport.
(b) Eduardo de Luca.
(c) Captain Smith.
(d) Teddy Luxe.

6. What do Oply's Chapter 8 remarks about a ring, a honeymoon, and a dress reveal?
(a) She has more expensive tastes than Tom can support.
(b) She has been plotting to marry Tom all along.
(c) She is not interested in the trappings of a traditional wedding.
(d) She expects Tom to obtain these things honestly.

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

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

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

10. 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)?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Homage.
(c) Non Sequitur.
(d) Allegory.

11. Where is Cecilia's mother?
(a) She abandoned Cecilia when Cecilia was nine.
(b) She was murdered many years ago.
(c) She went missing during a battle with witches.
(d) She is in jail for stealing a valuable diamond.

12. What word does Cecilia use to describe non-pirates?
(a) Landlubber.
(b) Corsair.
(c) Scupper.
(d) Grommet.

13. What new claim about his employment does Ned make in Chapter 8?
(a) Parliament has employed him to spy on Morvath.
(b) Captain Morvath has employed him to kill Cecilia.
(c) The Queen has employed him to keep Cecilia away from Morvath.
(d) Miss Darlington has employed him as Cecilia's bodyguard.

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

15. What town is Darlington House near at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Brighton.
(b) Lyme Regis.
(c) Scarborough.
(d) Bath.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What two forms of speech does Cecilia forbid Ned from using while they are on their way into the hotel?

3. What does Cecilia have for the first time at the hotel?

4. What is The Mysteries of Udolpho?

5. Who suggests that Cecilia leave the teahouse to look for a library in the village?

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