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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. Where do Sir John and Lady Denny send Oswald?
(a) On a holiday to France.
(b) To stay with his Uncle.
(c) To a monastery.
(d) To a university.

2. How is Sir Lambert described?
(a) As quiet.
(b) As jolly.
(c) As flirtatious.
(d) As standoffish.

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

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

5. What does Philip inform Mrs. Scorrier of in Chapter 15?
(a) That Conway has a gambling problem.
(b) That the family fortune is gone.
(c) That Charlotte has no legal rights at Undershaw.
(d) That a portion of the estate land is to be sold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Venetia and Sir Lambert encounter on the walk home in Chapter 19?

2. Why does Venetia visit a neighbor in Chapter 15?

3. Why does Mrs. Scorrier stop interfering in Aubrey's affairs after awhile?

4. What does Venetia hope for while walking with Sir Lambert down the street in Chapter 19?

5. What is the name of the striking woman who Venetia sees in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Venetia need to find a new place for Aubrey? What solution does she find?

3. Why doesn't Damerel kiss Venetia in Chapter 9?

4. Why does Mrs. Scorrier try to make amends with Venetia in Chapter 15?

5. How does Venetia react when she finds out that the woman at the theater is her mother?

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

7. What does Sir John and Lady Denny do after they hear that Oswald challenged Damerel to a duel?

8. How does Damerel react when Venetia tells him that she intends to set up house for herself in Chapter 13?

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

10. Why has Yardley come to London? What does Mrs. Hendred think of Yardley?

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