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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Twenty and Twenty-one.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who first advises Venetia not to go see her ailing brother?
(a) Yardley.
(b) Oswald.
(c) Mrs. Denny.
(d) Mrs. Priddy.

2. What does Venetia threaten to do if Oswald does not apologize in Chapter 9?
(a) Tell his father what he did.
(b) Break off their engagement.
(c) Report him to the authorities.
(d) Have Damerel challenge him to a duel.

3. What does Damerel beg Venetia not to do in Chapter 20?
(a) Move to London.
(b) Marry Yardley.
(c) Accept her mother's offer to go to Paris.
(d) Believe the gossip she heard about him in London.

4. What is Mrs. Hendred constantly worrying about?
(a) Venetia wearing current fashions.
(b) Making Venetia a good marriage match.
(c) Missing the mail.
(d) The weather.

5. Why did Conway send Mrs. Scorrier to Undershaw?
(a) She was causing trouble for him at his post.
(b) She can't bear to be apart from her daughter.
(c) She wants to run his estate.
(d) She lost her own home due to debt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey spend most of his time doing?

2. How old is Venetia at the beginning of the novel?

3. What is the name of Venetia's nurse?

4. What word did Venetia use to describe Yardley to Damerel?

5. What is Clara Denny's opinion of Yardley?

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