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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who suggests that Cecilia leave the teahouse to look for a library in the village?
(a) Oply Brown.
(b) Miss Darlington.
(c) Jane Fairweather.
(d) Miss Fairweather.

2. When Miss Darlington corrects Cecilia's use of the word "steal" by saying "Obtain by private means," which device is this an example of (4)?
(a) Aside.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Euphemism.

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

4. When Cecilia goes outside to get some fresh air during the Chapter 6 Wisteria Society meeting, what does she discover is happening?
(a) Mrs. Rotunder's butler is meeting with a mysterious cloaked man.
(b) All of the Wisteria Society husbands are meeting at Miss Brown's house.
(c) Ned is helping Morvath steal Miss Dole's house.
(d) Tom Eames is listening at the window of Mrs. Rotunder's house.

5. 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) Homage.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Non Sequitur.

6. What did Miss Darlington steal from Mr. Rotunder?
(a) His sextant.
(b) His wooden leg.
(c) His glass eye.
(d) His scrapbook.

7. What fake names does Ned give for himself and Cecilia at the hotel?
(a) Rochester and Jane.
(b) Albert and Victoria.
(c) Heathcliff and Catherine.
(d) Henry and Anne.

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

9. At the end of Chapter 5, what is it implied that Cecilia sees in the distant shadows?
(a) Mountains.
(b) Her father's house.
(c) A lantern light.
(d) Ned Lightbourne.

10. What is The Mysteries of Udolpho?
(a) An English spiritualist's guide to dealing with ghosts.
(b) An English Gothic Romance.
(c) A novel by Branwell Bronte.
(d) The first known detective novel.

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

12. What does Ned steal from Cecilia on their way into the hotel?
(a) Her pistol.
(b) Her knife.
(c) Her book.
(d) Her earrings.

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

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

15. What technique is used when the title of Chapter 5 mentions "The End of Wuthering Heights" (45)?
(a) Synesthesia.
(b) Tautology.
(c) Encomium.
(d) Paronomasia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Ned and Cecilia go first when they enter the hotel?

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

3. What does Cecilia tell Oply is the reason that Jane is not yet a senior member of the Wisteria Society?

4. On page 28, the text refers to nuns who are "made mad" by the songs of "selkies." What is a "selkie"?

5. Why is Pleasance anxious about going into the village for tea at the beginning of Chapter 7?

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