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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the breakfast room of Northangerland Abbey, what is Cecilia's response to her father's greeting?
(a) She draws a small knife and tries to stab him.
(b) She faints and falls to the floor.
(c) She begins to throw everything within reach at him.
(d) She cries and runs to Ned for comfort.

3. When Cecilia thinks that Ned looks "like a flower luring victims into its poisonous core," what two techniques are being used (193)?
(a) Metonymy and hyperbole.
(b) Hyperbole and personification.
(c) Personification and simile.
(d) Simile and metonymy.

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

5. 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.

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

7. 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) Read Morvath's writing.
(c) Allow his house to be pushed from a cliff.
(d) Eat kippers.

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

9. What threat does Morvath use to try to make Cecilia leave the secret passage?
(a) He will kill Ned as soon as he finds them.
(b) He will begin killing the Wisteria Society members.
(c) He will starve Cecilia when he finally recaptures her.
(d) He will lock Cecilia in the tower with Frederick.

10. On page 150, why does Cecilia think it would be better to stab Ned than to slap him?
(a) It would make more of a mess in Lady Armitage's parlor.
(b) It would be better for her reputation.
(c) It would mean she could nurse him back to health.
(d) It would more accurately convey her feelings.

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

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

13. 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 once met her mother.
(c) He once kissed Oply.
(d) He is a member of the queen's secret service.

14. 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
(a) She intends to "extract a confession" from Ned.
(b) She finds the situation "regrettable."
(c) She is "hijacking" her own life.
(d) She expects "more cheerful compliance" from Ned.

15. Just as Pleasance makes it to the bedroom door, pulling Miss Darlington on a blanket, who breaks open the door and enters the room?
(a) Morvath.
(b) Alex.
(c) Ned.
(d) Jacobsen.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 19, what royal occasion does the queen decide to invite Miss Darlington to?

2. On page 243, what does Ned say when he sees the building Morvath is flying explode?

3. What technique is evidence in Ned's thought that there is "a wind-colored silence" in Cecilia's eyes (128)?

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

5. On page 174, what word does Queen Victoria's parrot squawk at Oply and Tom when they first enter the Queen's bedroom?

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