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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Tom and Oply pretend that they are bringing to Queen Victoria?
(a) Clean linen.
(b) Toast.
(c) Parrot food.
(d) A telegram.

2. Why does Ned question Cecilia's order to land the house after she blows a hold in the abbey's west wing?
(a) He knows that Morvath has laid landmines around Northangerland Abbey.
(b) He is concerned that Cecila is walking into a deathtrao,
(c) He is concerned that the abbey's stabilizing magic will affect Darlington House.
(d) He knows that it is likely that the Wisteria Society women are dead.

3. On page 243, what does Ned say when he sees the building Morvath is flying explode?
(a) "Sloppy navigation, Morvath."
(b) "We got you justice, Mama."
(c) "What goes up must come down."
(d) "It's more than I could ask for."

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

5. What does Cecilia see when she first opens her eyes in her childhood bedroom?
(a) Frederick Bassingthwaite.
(b) A portrait of her mother.
(c) The cockatiel wallpaper.
(d) Ned Lightbourne.

6. Whose "high, fine voice" do Ned and Cecilia unexpectedly hear while they are in the secret passage (209)?
(a) Miss Brown's.
(b) Lady Armitage's.
(c) Jane Fairweather's.
(d) Miss Darlington's.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. When Cecilia first sees her father and thinks of the day her mother died, this is an example of which plot device?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Cliffhanger.
(c) Reversal.
(d) Flashback.

14. 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 to lock him in a room with Lady Armitage's cats.
(c) They threaten him with seduction by Lady Armitage.
(d) They threaten to shoot him in the shoulder again.

15. At the beginning of Chapter 20, what does the narrator say Ned would refuse to do if he could live his life over again?
(a) Accept the contract on Cecilia's life.
(b) Eat kippers.
(c) Allow his house to be pushed from a cliff.
(d) Read Morvath's writing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What book of Cecilia's did Morvath burn when she was a child?

3. Who unexpectedly shows up while Ned and Cecilia are talking in the portrait gallery?

4. What does Cecilia tell Frederick she plans to use the secret passage to do?

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

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