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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. What is the title of the poem that Cecilia is reading aloud in the book's opening?
(a) The Fall of Ninevah.
(b) Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.
(c) The Wanderings of Oisin.
(d) The Song of Hiawatha.

2. What does Tom find out about Oply in Chapter 8?
(a) She already has a boyfriend.
(b) She is a terrible fencer.
(c) She loves Wordsworth's poetry.
(d) She is only 16.

3. What bird appears in the title of Chapter 1?
(a) Emu.
(b) Auk.
(c) Mamo.
(d) Dodo.

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

5. What does Cecilia threaten to stab Ned with in Chapter 1?
(a) An ice pick.
(b) A hatpin.
(c) A fish knife.
(d) A letter opener.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Darlington's irritation when Ned knocks at their door reveal about Miss Darlington?

2. After her conversation with Ned in Chapter 8, what does Cecilia begin to suspect about the Wisteria Society women?

3. By what name does Ned introduce himself to Cecilia in Chapter 3?

4. When Cecilia tells Ned that, since he is the one doing the killing, it is his responsibility to "provide the coin for Charon," what technique is being used (31)?

5. Why does Ned have to travel by foot or horseback?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cecilia's behavior continue to deteriorate after dinner, and what does Ned do in response?

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

3. Where does Ned first lie down to sleep, and why does he quickly move to sleep elsewhere?

4. What is ironic about the Chapter 1 conversation about Miss Darlington's concerns over how she would have handled Ned had he tried to break in when she was alone in the house?

5. What is paradoxical about Lady Armitage's attitude toward Cecilia in Chapter 2?

6. Whom does Oply spend the Chapter 6 Wisteria Society meeting telling Cecilia about, and whom does this man turn out to be in Chapter 7?

7. How does Miss Darlington's confusion about an acronym lead to Darlington House being fired upon when it lands in Ottery St. Mary?

8. In Chapter 8, what plan for Cecilia does Morvath reveal to Ned, and what motivates Morvath's plan?

9. What is the history of Cecilia's relationship with Jane Fairweather?

10. What details of Ned's appearance in Chapter 1 cause Cecilia to assume that he is a pirate?

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