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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 Lady Armitage spend time walking while she waits for Ned in Chapter 12?
(a) In a municipal garden.
(b) In a Lyme Regis museum.
(c) Through the woods.
(d) Along the seaside.

2. Whose "high, fine voice" do Ned and Cecilia unexpectedly hear while they are in the secret passage (209)?
(a) Jane Fairweather's.
(b) Lady Armitage's.
(c) Miss Brown's.
(d) Miss Darlington's.

3. When Cecilia, Ned, and Lady Armitage are talking in the woods during the scouting mission in Chapter 13, what does Ned begin to suspect Cecilia is planning?
(a) To get captured on purpose.
(b) To steal Northangerland Abbey.
(c) To join forces with Morvath.
(d) To lose him in the woods.

4. What are the women of the Wisteria Society doing at the beginning of Chapter 18, while Cecilia stands watch at the door?
(a) Making weapons.
(b) Studying a map of the abbey.
(c) Looking for more suitable clothing.
(d) Arguing about battle tactics.

5. What does Jane say Miss Darlington treats Cecilia like?
(a) A servant.
(b) A princess.
(c) A spoiled pet.
(d) A child.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 13, what causes Ned to realize that he and Cecilia are in danger?

2. Just as Pleasance makes it to the bedroom door, pulling Miss Darlington on a blanket, who breaks open the door and enters the room?

3. What did Cilla ask Ned to promise her?

4. Whom do the portraits in the gallery depict?

5. How has Lady Armitage prepared in advance for a possible attempt to steal her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What comparison does Alex make between Cecilia and her mother, and what is Cecilia's reaction?

2. What is Cecilia's reasoning for suggesting that she and Ned spend some time alone in her bedroom before they rejoin the rest of the Wisteria Society?

3. When Cecilia and Ned are in the portrait gallery and she announces her plan to kill Morvath, what does Ned tell her?

4. What daydream of Ned's makes it clear that he is not fully paying attention to what Cecilia is telling him about their future?

5. Why did Morvath kill Ned's mother?

6. Where are the queen and Oply at the beginning of Chapter 19, and what are they doing?

7. What is so upsetting to Ned about Cecilia's "defensive tones" when she is talking about her paternal heritage (128)?

8. What is Oply's strategy for getting her way with Tom?

9. What is ironic about Cecilia's concern for Miss Fairweather in the scene in the breakfast room at Northangerland Abbey?

10. When Ned realizes that Cecilia has a hangover, how does he explain it to her, and why?

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