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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 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.

2. What does Lady Steeple learn about Venetia that she finds horrible?
(a) That she isn't married.
(b) That her father is dead.
(c) That she was kicked out of her home.
(d) That she lived in isolation.

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

4. What does Venetia tell her aunt at the end of Chapter 19?
(a) That she is already married.
(b) That she forgave her father.
(c) That her mother invited Venetia to live with her.
(d) That she is going home.

5. How does Venetia react to Mrs. Scorrier's attempt to make amends?
(a) She rolls her eyes.
(b) She smiles sweetly.
(c) She makes short replies.
(d) She hugs Mrs. Scorrier.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mrs. Scorrier, what does Charlotte have a horror of?

2. What does Aubrey tell Venetia while returning home in a buggy in Chapter 10?

3. What disturbs Mrs. Hendred about Venetia's conduct?

4. Why does Lady Steeple breakdown in front of Venetia in Chapter 19?

5. How is Venetia dressed at the beginning of Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Hendred convince Venetia to go out on the town with her and Yardley? Where do they go?

2. Why does Venetia go in search of a hotel at the beginning of Chapter 19?

3. How does Venetia get along with Sir Lambert?

4. What does Venetia talk to her mother about when she meets her for the first time?

5. Why does Oswald intercept Damerel on his way home in Chapter 9?

6. What does Mrs. Hendred confess to Venetia at the end of Chapter 17 and how does Venetia react?

7. Why isn't Venetia enjoying her London trip?

8. What kind of plan does Venetia come up with in Chapter 18?

9. How does the arrival of Mrs. Scorrier affect the running of Undershaw?

10. What disagreement arises because of Aubrey's dog, Bess, in Chapter 14?

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