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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Venetia find that she enjoys doing in Chapter 16?
(a) Going to tea houses.
(b) Dressing up in new London styles.
(c) Attending the opera.
(d) Visiting art galleries.

2. What does Venetia finally agree with Mrs. Hendred about in Chapter 18?
(a) That she should give up on Damerel.
(b) That Aubrey is better off on his own.
(c) That Yardley is a good match for her.
(d) That it wouldn't do for her to take up house.

3. Who do Venetia and Sir Lambert encounter on the walk home in Chapter 19?
(a) Conway.
(b) Yardley.
(c) Damerel.
(d) Oswald.

4. Who is the striking woman who Venetia saw in Chapter 18?
(a) Damerel's former lover.
(b) A famous actress.
(c) Venetia's mother.
(d) A duchess.

5. What does Mrs. Scorrier demand of Venetia in Chapter 13?
(a) To stop Damerel's visits to Undershaw.
(b) To treat Charlotte like a sister.
(c) To stop handling the estate finances.
(d) To pick and marry a suitor.

6. According to Mrs. Scorrier, what does Charlotte have a horror of?
(a) Deformity.
(b) Poverty.
(c) The dark.
(d) Blood.

7. How is the restaurant that Yardley takes Mrs. Hendred and Venetia to in Chapter 18 described?
(a) As fancy.
(b) As rustic.
(c) As modern.
(d) As shabby.

8. What is the name of Aubrey's dog that scares Charlotte in Chapter 14?
(a) Bonnie.
(b) Mary.
(c) Bess.
(d) Molly.

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

10. How is Venetia dressed at the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) As a boy.
(b) In clothes warmer than the season requires.
(c) In the latest fashion.
(d) In her country style clothes.

11. Where does Venetia spot a striking woman accompanied by a man who looks like the Prince Regent?
(a) At the theater.
(b) At an assembly.
(c) At a cafe.
(d) At a park.

12. What does Venetia have to figure out at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) How to get Damerel back.
(b) How to outsmart her aunt.
(c) How to find Conway.
(d) How to apologize to Yardley.

13. What does Lady Steeple tell Venetia that she never wanted in Chapter 19?
(a) To live in the country.
(b) To get married.
(c) Children.
(d) A career.

14. Why do Sir John and Lady Denny send Oswald away?
(a) He threatens to harm Damerel.
(b) The villagers gossip about him.
(c) They are worried about his behavior.
(d) He requests an adventure.

15. How does Mrs. Hendred react to the restaurant in Chapter 18?
(a) She is amused.
(b) She is impressed.
(c) She is disgusted.
(d) She is confused.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Venetia set out to find on the morning after she finds out about her mother?

2. What do the dog that angers Mrs. Scorrier and Charlotte have in common?

3. How does Venetia feel when she is busy in Chapter 16?

4. Why does Mrs. Scorrier try to make amends with Venetia in Chapter 14?

5. How does Damerel react to the news that Venetia plans to set up a house for herself?

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