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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. Why does Sir Percival drive to the train station in the middle of the night?
(a) He is picking someone up.
(b) To see if he will get caught.
(c) To scare Marian.
(d) He is drunk.

2. What type of neighborhood do Laura, Marian, and Walter live in?
(a) Poor and populated.
(b) Wealthy and sparce.
(c) Exclusive but populated.
(d) Poor but exclusive.

3. Joseph Postlethwaite gets punished at school for claiming what?
(a) He is wealthier than the teacher.
(b) He can speak Italian.
(c) His father is a count.
(d) He saw a ghost.

4. Sir Percival tells the Fairlie's he placed Anne in an asylum for what reason?
(a) She was homicidal.
(b) He wanted to be rid of her.
(c) To avoid disgracing her mother.
(d) She was with child.

5. What musician does Walter first hear Laura play on the piano?
(a) Bach.
(b) She cannot play piano.
(c) Mozart.
(d) Chopin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is tricked into leaving an ill Marian?

2. Why did Anne once promise to wear white her entire life?

3. What physical characteristic is unusual about Pesca?

4. In the graveyard, how does the woman in white respond to Sir Percival's name?

5. At Sir Percival's home, what type of animal does Mariam discover dying?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sir Percival lie to Laura about sending an ill Marian to London?

2. At the beginning of The Woman in White, what is Walter commissioned to do and where will this job take place?

3. The anonymous letter regarding Sir Percival causes what dilemma for Limmeridge House?

4. How does the solicitor feel about Laura's marriage contract?

5. In the fly on Knowlesbury to London, what does Walter learn from his travel companion?

6. How does Walter react to the news of Laura death?

7. Why does Count Fosco consider Marian a worthy opponent?

8. Why does Walter tell his landlord Laura and Marian are his sisters?

9. When Laura returns from her honeymoon, how has she changed?

10. What is the significance of the secret Anne claims to know about Sir Percival?

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