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

2. At the end of Chapter 13, what causes Ned to realize that he and Cecilia are in danger?
(a) Lady Armitage disappears.
(b) Morvath appears.
(c) Jacobsen disappears.
(d) Randall appears.

3. When, in Chapter 11, Ned introduces himself to Cecilia as "Ned Lightbourne...Captain of Her Majesty's secret police brigade," how is Cecila's reaction best described?
(a) She finds it hard to believe.
(b) She finds it reassuring.
(c) She finds it romantic.
(d) She finds it comical.

4. Who unexpectedly shows up while Ned and Cecilia are talking in the portrait gallery?
(a) Frederick.
(b) Alex.
(c) Randall.
(d) Jacobsen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Queen Victoria's remarks about Ned cause Oply to realize?

2. When Lady Armitage is thinking about Ned presenting her with Cecilia's finger or ear, what does she remember Cecilia once giving her?

3. Where is Morvath's house moored when Cecilia and Ned go looking for it in Chapter 13?

4. In the breakfast room of Northangerland Abbey, what is Cecilia's response to her father's greeting?

5. In Chapter 20, what does Cecilia wait to see before giving the order to turn the house around?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Cecilia wakes in Northangerland Abbey, what evidence does she consider for and against Ned's involvement with her father?

2. As Pleasance cares for the wounded Miss Darlington, how does their exchange about tea reveal both Miss Darlington's affection for Pleasance and the class divide between the two women?

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

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

5. What is the surface content of Jane and Cecilia's first conversation in Morvath's breakfast room, and what is their real purpose underneath this surface?

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

7. What is happening when Ned and Cecilia argue about Ned intruding on Lady Armitage's "intimate presence," and what is their argument really about (144)?

8. What precaution does Ned take so that Lady Armitage will not be aware of his and Cecilia's scouting mission in Chapter 13, and how does Lady Armitage evade his plans?

9. Describe Queen Victoria as she appears in this text.

10. 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?

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