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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 hope for while walking with Sir Lambert down the street in Chapter 19?
(a) That someone will rescue her.
(b) That someone will gossip about them.
(c) That someone will still want to marry her.
(d) That someone will mistake them for a couple.

2. How does Venetia feel when she is busy in Chapter 16?
(a) Like she is wasting her time.
(b) Almost content.
(c) Burdened.
(d) Distracted.

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

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

5. What does Venetia set out to find on the morning after she finds out about her mother?
(a) Her birth certificate.
(b) Her father's grave site.
(c) Her brother's barracks.
(d) Her mother's hotel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What causes Venetia to feel depressed in Chapter 16?

3. How does Aubrey respond when Mrs. Scorrier picks fights with him?

4. According to Mrs. Hendred, why must Venetia not meet with the striking woman in Chapter 18?

5. What does Venetia finally agree with Mrs. Hendred about in Chapter 18?

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. How does Venetia get along with Sir Lambert?

3. What conflict is Venetia burdened with in Chapter 14?

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

5. What are Aubrey and Venetia shocked to find out upon returning to Undershaw in Chapter 10?

6. What happens while Venetia, Yardley and Mrs. Hendred attend the theater?

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

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

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

10. How does Mrs. Scorrier and Charlotte react to a visit from Damerel in Chapter 12?

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