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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. When does Pleyel claim to have heard talking with Clara on the grounds?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Lunch time.
(c) Evening.
(d) Morning.

2. In what period is Wieland set?
(a) 1700s.
(b) 1800s.
(c) 1900s.
(d) 2000s.

3. Why does Pleyel withdraw from the social group that includes Carwin?
(a) He is afraid of Carwin.
(b) He is angry at Wieland.
(c) He has feelings for Clara.
(d) He is too strong.

4. Unable to sleep, what does Clara investigate after Pleyel fails to arrive?
(a) Her cabin.
(b) Her bookshelf.
(c) Her bedroom.
(d) Her closet.

5. What had Carwin begged for from Clara a few weeks prior to Pleyel mentioning meeting him?
(a) Money.
(b) Housing.
(c) Water.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Clara affected by Carwin's confession?

2. When Clara is alone in her room, what does she wake up to hear?

3. On whom does the narrator place a focus in Chapter I?

4. When Clara collapses, whose house does she wake up in?

5. Where is Clara walking when she hears a voice from the closet warning her to avoid a particular spot in her environment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clara go to her brother to explain?

2. How does Carwin try to explain the voices to Clara and her friends?

3. When Clara anticipates Pleyel's arrival, what does she think is the reason that he does not appear?

4. What does Pleyel accuse Clara of?

5. After the death of the narrator's father, what happened to her family?

6. Why does Pleyel end up asking Clara for forgiveness for his words?

7. How does the mysterious death of the narrator's father set the tone of the novel?

8. When Carwin steps out of the closet, what does he reveal to Clara before fleeing?

9. Who is Louisa Conway, and how is she connected to the narrator's brother?

10. What did the narrator's uncle find when he entered the temple?

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