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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 175, what does Queen Victoria ask Oply as soon as Oply mentions Captain Morvath?
(a) "Where is the villain?"
(b) "Does dear Ned know of this?"
(c) "I could have been a pirate, myself."
(d) "Who is Captain Morvath?"

2. What threat do Cecilia, Ned, and Lady Armitage use against Jacobsen to get him to reveal information about Morvath's location?
(a) They threaten to tell Morvath that Jacobsen has betrayed him.
(b) They threaten him with seduction by Lady Armitage.
(c) They threaten to lock him in a room with Lady Armitage's cats.
(d) They threaten to shoot him in the shoulder again.

3. What does Ned surprise Cecilia by revealing when they are arguing about her father in the morning at The Knowles hotel?
(a) He is related to her father's adoptive family.
(b) He is a member of the queen's secret service.
(c) He once kissed Oply.
(d) He once met her mother.

4. What does Cecilia tell Frederick she plans to use the secret passage to do?
(a) Find and kill Ned Lightbourne.
(b) Find and kill her father.
(c) Find and rescue her aunt.
(d) Escape Norhtangerland Abbey.

5. Besides tea and cookies, what does Lady Armitage need a constant supply of while she waits for Ned to appear?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Opium.
(d) Cigarettes.

6. When Pleasance smells smoke and realizes that fire might be on its way, what is her first thought?
(a) Dying in a fire is a suitably gothic ending for her life.
(b) The abbey is not the place she wants to haunt after her death.
(c) She needs to get a message to either Ned or Cecilia.
(d) She must get Miss Darlington to a safer location.

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

8. What is the fate of the small building Morvath is flying?
(a) It collides with a hill and explodes.
(b) The queen has it shot down.
(c) It hits one of the battlehouses.
(d) It falls into the English channel,

9. How has Lady Armitage prepared in advance for a possible attempt to steal her house?
(a) One of her housemaids is waiting in the wheelhouse with a gun.
(b) The house's steering mechanism is locked and the key is well hidden.
(c) There is a hidden trap awaiting anyone who approaches the wheelhouse.
(d) She has disassembled the house's steering mechanism.

10. From whom do Ned and Cecilia hide in a broom closet on their way out of the hotel?
(a) Randall.
(b) A porter.
(c) Morvath.
(d) Jacobsen.

11. In Chapter 11, what causes Ned to suggest that it would be better to take the carriage than ride the horses that Cecilia has procured?
(a) He is bothered that Cecilia is the one who thought to steal some horses.
(b) He is worried that Cecilia is too dizzy to safely ride.
(c) He thinks that it is more appropriate and ladylike for Cecilia to ride in a carriage.
(d) He thinks that leaving the carriage behind will draw attention to them.

12. On page 174, what word does Queen Victoria's parrot squawk at Oply and Tom when they first enter the Queen's bedroom?
(a) "Thief!"
(b) "Pirates!"
(c) "Assassin!"
(d) "Brigands!"

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

14. In Chapter 19, what royal occasion does the queen decide to invite Miss Darlington to?
(a) Her Jubilee Banquet.
(b) A garden party.
(c) Prince Edward's birthday.
(d) Princess Alice's wedding.

15. After dinner in Chapter 13, what suspicion does Ned share with Cecilia?
(a) He suspects that Jacobsen has lied to them about Morvath's location.
(b) He suspects that Lady Armitage is scheming to marry him.
(c) He suspects that Jacobsen intentionally let himself be captured.
(d) He suspects that Lady Armitage has betrayed them to Morvath.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Cecilia first sees her father and thinks of the day her mother died, this is an example of which plot device?

2. What is the rhetorical purpose of Cecilia's misunderstanding of the word "protection" during her intimate encounter with Ned?

3. What do Tom and Oply pretend that they are bringing to Queen Victoria?

4. When Cecilia thinks that Ned looks "like a flower luring victims into its poisonous core," what two techniques are being used (193)?

5. What does Cecilia hope to find when she is searching through her childhood dolls?

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