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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lady Armitage wish to have Cecilia killed?
(a) To weaken Miss Darlington.
(b) To punish Patrick Morvath.
(c) To send a message to the Wisteria Socity.
(d) To steal a necklace Cecilia owns.

2. What causes Cecilia's stomach--and her understanding of Ned--to flip while they are talking at dinner?
(a) He tells her she is nothing like her father.
(b) He gently lifts a bit of lint from her glove.
(c) He reveals his hatred of Wordsworth.
(d) He accurately quotes William Blake.

3. Why does Ned have to travel by foot or horseback?
(a) His house went off a cliff.
(b) He does not want people to know he is a pirate.
(c) Patrick Morvath has stolen his house.
(d) He does not know the flying incantation.

4. When Ned thinks of Cilla as an "enigmatic" person, what does this mean is true about Cilla (88)?
(a) She enjoyed drama and being the center of attention.
(b) She liked to make people anxious and unsettled.
(c) Her sense of humor was unpredictable and sometimes cruel.
(d) Her actions and motivations were mysterious.

5. What reason does Ned give Cecilia for knowing the area of Sidmouth well?
(a) He knows it from an undercover job as a village butcher.
(b) He knows it from his days as a smuggler.
(c) Sidmouth is where his house was located when it was pushed off a cliff.
(d) Sidmouth is where he grew up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Oply and Tom while the women are making their way to the Ancient Mariner?

2. Whose idea is it to have tea in Ottery St. Mary?

3. Why is Cecilia unable to read the letter from the Wisteria Society?

4. Who fires shots at Darlington House as it comes in for a landing in Ottery St. Mary?

5. What unexpected thing does Ned do as he is leaving Lady Armitage's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Morvath's plan for England?

2. What kind of a relationship do Ned and Alex seem to have, and how does the reader know this?

3. What does Cecilia hope will happen when she tells the Wisteria Society women about Lady Armitage's assassination attempt, and what actually happens?

4. Why is Cecilia excited to learn that she is the target of an assassination attempt?

5. What are the two competing stories that Ned has heard about Morvath's marriage to Cilla?

6. How is Miss Darlington's Chapter 4 reaction to Cecilia walking two miles typical of her treatment of Cecilia in general?

7. How many husbands has Lady Armitage had, and what are their fates?

8. In Chapter 4, why does Miss Darlington suddenly bring the house into town to pick up Cecilia?

9. What is really happening as Cecilia views herself as "calm, impassive, undisturbed by fears" at dinner?

10. What does Cecilia think is ironic about servants being allowed to fly houses?

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