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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. Where is Cecilia's mother?
(a) She was murdered many years ago.
(b) She abandoned Cecilia when Cecilia was nine.
(c) She went missing during a battle with witches.
(d) She is in jail for stealing a valuable diamond.

2. What does Cecilia tell Oply is the reason that Jane is not yet a senior member of the Wisteria Society?
(a) Jane does not have her "wings."
(b) Jane has not yet graduated from school.
(c) Jane is considered unreliable and sneaky.
(d) Jane has never robbed a bank.

3. What do Oply's Chapter 8 remarks about a ring, a honeymoon, and a dress reveal?
(a) She has been plotting to marry Tom all along.
(b) She is not interested in the trappings of a traditional wedding.
(c) She has more expensive tastes than Tom can support.
(d) She expects Tom to obtain these things honestly.

4. When Ned is trying to decide what Cecilia's nickname should be, to what flower does he compare her?
(a) Lily.
(b) Rose.
(c) Orchid.
(d) Camellia.

5. What does Miss Darlington's irritation when Ned knocks at their door reveal about Miss Darlington?
(a) She is often ill-tempered in the morning.
(b) She has very rigid ideas about etiquette.
(c) She is reclusive and dislikes receiving visitors.
(d) She is suspicious of anyone who tries to call on Cecilia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ned propose to take Cecilia to Lady Armitage's house?

2. What is the title of the poem that Cecilia is reading aloud in the book's opening?

3. During the flashback in which Cecilia writes down plans for killing her father, what new information is communicated about her father's murder of her mother?

4. What word does Cecilia use to describe non-pirates?

5. How did Morvath's adoptive parents die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the fate of the book of Wordsworth poems that Cecilia is reading while she drives the carriage in Chapter 9?

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

4. What is Morvath's plan for England?

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

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

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

8. What does Cecilia understand about Miss Brown's nighttime encounter with Tom Eames that Miss Brown herself fails to understand?

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

10. 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?

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