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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. How long has Cecilia been Miss Darlington's ward?
(a) 13 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 16 years.
(d) 7 years.

2. Whom does Miss Darlington suspect of being behind the butler's theft of the house?
(a) Lady Armitage.
(b) Eduardo de Luca.
(c) Patrick Morvath.
(d) Frederick Bassingthwaite.

3. When Cecilia goes outside to get some fresh air during the Chapter 6 Wisteria Society meeting, what does she discover is happening?
(a) Tom Eames is listening at the window of Mrs. Rotunder's house.
(b) Mrs. Rotunder's butler is meeting with a mysterious cloaked man.
(c) Ned is helping Morvath steal Miss Dole's house.
(d) All of the Wisteria Society husbands are meeting at Miss Brown's house.

4. What is the name of the hotel where Ned proposes that he and Cecilia stop for the night in Chapter 9?
(a) The Walters.
(b) The Knowle.
(c) The Basset.
(d) The Grange.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. Which name does Ned use when he offers his services as an assassin to Lady Armitage?

3. What excuse does Lady Armitage give for her difficulties in flying her house?

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

5. What causes Cecilia's stomach--and her understanding of Ned--to flip while they are talking at dinner?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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. 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?

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

7. Who is Cecilia's father, and why does Cecilia read Bronte novels in hopes of understanding him better?

8. What is unusual about Pleasance's mental state?

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

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

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