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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 the Wisteria Society will be able to escape, now.
(d) She knows that this is where her father is hiding.

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 is concerned that Cecila is walking into a deathtrao,
(b) He knows that Morvath has laid landmines around Northangerland Abbey.
(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. What does Jane say Miss Darlington treats Cecilia like?
(a) A child.
(b) A servant.
(c) A princess.
(d) A spoiled pet.

4. When Frederick tries to assert his status over Ned, what new identity does Ned reveal?
(a) Afonso Silva, Duke of Lisbon.
(b) Rodrigo Pereira, Viscount of Alentejo.
(c) Prince Francisco of Portugal.
(d) Duarte Leveport, Baron of Valando.

5. 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) Read Morvath's writing.
(b) Accept the contract on Cecilia's life.
(c) Allow his house to be pushed from a cliff.
(d) Eat kippers.

6. What book of Cecilia's did Morvath burn when she was a child?
(a) Wuthering Heights.
(b) Her personal journal.
(c) A math textbook.
(d) A book of Wordsworth's poems.

7. In Chapter 13, what evidence does Lady Armitage offer Ned and Cecilia that Morvath's hideout is nearby?
(a) Bird calls.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Gunshots.
(d) Vibrations.

8. When, in Chapter 11, Ned introduces himself to Cecilia as "Ned Lightbourne...Captain of Her Majesty's secret police brigade," how is Cecila's reaction best described?
(a) She finds it comical.
(b) She finds it hard to believe.
(c) She finds it reassuring.
(d) She finds it romantic.

9. What small building do Ned and Cecilia see fly past Darlington House while they are arguing about landing?
(a) A chicken coop.
(b) A boat house.
(c) A private chapel.
(d) A garden shed.

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

11. Why does Morvath have a hard time locating the door to the secret passage in the gallery?
(a) He has not used the passages in many years.
(b) Cilla switched the portraits around.
(c) He is too angry to really focus on the task.
(d) Jane Fairweather has drugged his tea.

12. 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 thinks that it is more appropriate and ladylike for Cecilia to ride in a carriage.
(b) He is worried that Cecilia is too dizzy to safely ride.
(c) He is bothered that Cecilia is the one who thought to steal some horses.
(d) He thinks that leaving the carriage behind will draw attention to them.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ned pretend to see in order to slow Cecilia down enough to catch her as she is running through the portrait gallery?

2. Where is Lady Armitage spend time walking while she waits for Ned in Chapter 12?

3. When Ned is trying to catch Cecilia in the portrait gallery, what does he reveal to her?

4. What object does Jane Fairweather attack Ned with as they leave the secret passage?

5. Besides tea and cookies, what does Lady Armitage need a constant supply of while she waits for Ned to appear?

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