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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miss Darlington mean when, on page 223, she tells Cecilia "Plan B"?
(a) Cecilia should call for help.
(b) Cecilia should run away.
(c) Cecilia should stab Morvath.
(d) Cecilia should pretend to agree with Morvath.

2. Who appears at Lady Armitage's house when she is expecting Ned in Chapter 12?
(a) Morvath.
(b) Alex.
(c) Jacobsen.
(d) Randall.

3. What did Cilla ask Ned to promise her?
(a) That he would avenge his mother someday.
(b) That he would escort Cecilia safely to Miss Darlington.
(c) That he would make the world safer for Cecilia.
(d) That he would help her escape from her husband.

4. Why is Cecilia relieved when she manages to shoot a cannonball that takes out a corner of the west wing of the abbey?
(a) She knows that this is where the abbey's ammunition is.
(b) She knows that the abbey will not be able to fly, now.
(c) She knows that this is where her father is hiding.
(d) She knows that the Wisteria Society will be able to escape, now.

5. When Tom looks at himself in the clothing shop, whom does he realize Oply has dressed him to look like?
(a) A butler.
(b) A palace guard.
(c) Prince Albert.
(d) A pirate.

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

7. What does Ned feel self-conscious about once he and Cecilia are in Cecilia's bedroom?
(a) The immaculate cleanliness.
(b) Cecilia's childhood dolls.
(c) The portrait of Cilla.
(d) The overly feminine decor.

8. 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 thinks that leaving the carriage behind will draw attention to them.
(c) He is worried that Cecilia is too dizzy to safely ride.
(d) He thinks that it is more appropriate and ladylike for Cecilia to ride in a carriage.

9. What are the "tiny white wishes" that Cecilia is focused on in the scene at Greenwich with her mother (195)?
(a) Clover flowers.
(b) Apple blossoms.
(c) Dandelion fluff.
(d) Lily petals.

10. How does Ned stop Cecilia from confiding her rescue plan to Miss Fairweather?
(a) He throws a dagger into the wall behind her.
(b) He overturns the teapot and floods the table with tea.
(c) He pretends to be choking on a kipper.
(d) He claps a hand over her mouth and refuses to let her speak.

11. Part of the title of Chapter 18 is "The Villain's Denouement"--what does "denouement" refer to in this context?
(a) A defeat or setback.
(b) A resolution or outcome.
(c) An explanation or description.
(d) A plan or procedure.

12. Where does Cecilia find the copy of Wuthering Heights she steals in Chapter 11?
(a) In the saddlebag of one of the horses she steals from the hotel stable.
(b) Behind some Bibles at the Young Women's Christian Association reading room.
(c) Behind a canister of tea in The Knowles hotel kitchen.
(d) In the baggage left inside the carriage she and Ned stole.

13. What does Cecilia throw at Morvath's feet in Chapter 18?
(a) The dagger he gave her as a child.
(b) Her copy of Wuthering Heights.
(c) A mathematics textbook.
(d) A smoke bomb.

14. Who unexpectedly shows up while Ned and Cecilia are talking in the portrait gallery?
(a) Randall.
(b) Frederick.
(c) Jacobsen.
(d) Alex.

15. What does Ned pretend to see in order to slow Cecilia down enough to catch her as she is running through the portrait gallery?
(a) A picture of Branwell Bronte.
(b) A bookshelf.
(c) One of Morvath's henchmen.
(d) Miss Darlington.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18, what surprising information does Cecilia get about Miss Darlington?

2. In Chapter 12, what solution does Cecilia offer to the problem of the patriarchy?

3. What small building do Ned and Cecilia see fly past Darlington House while they are arguing about landing?

4. In Chapter 18, whom does Morvath learn might be his father?

5. On page 244, what does Cecilia say she is doing when she draws a gun on Ned? ed asks Cecila whether she is jikacking the house

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