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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Miss La Trobe?
(a) Mr. Oliver's secretary.
(b) The pageant director.
(c) Mr. Oliver's neighbor.
(d) A visitor from France.

2. What does Lucy Swithin like to read about?
(a) History.
(b) Nature.
(c) Animals.
(d) Utopias.

3. During the tour of Pointz Hall, what does Mrs. Swithin point out in a bedroom?
(a) A portrait of her mother.
(b) A collection of antique books.
(c) The bed she was born in.
(d) The beautiful view.

4. Who says that she, too, must have her ghosts?
(a) Mrs. Sands.
(b) Isa.
(c) Mrs. Swithin.
(d) Mrs. Manresa.

5. What are the only two emotions Isa acknowledges?
(a) Love and hate.
(b) Happiness and sadness.
(c) Anger and envy.
(d) Excitement and boredom.

6. What does the young girl return to the stage to announce?
(a) That charitable donations are being accepted in the barn.
(b) That the pageant is over.
(c) Intermission.
(d) That the next scene has been cut.

7. What religious figure appears in the pageant?
(a) A pope.
(b) A priest.
(c) A rabbi.
(d) An angel.

8. Why did someone supposedly drown themselves in the lily pond?
(a) Because of depression.
(b) Because they committed murder.
(c) Because they were insane.
(d) Because of lovesickness.

9. Why does the audience go to the barn?
(a) For refreshments.
(b) For a speech by Mr. Oliver.
(c) For the next act of the pageant.
(d) To escape the rain.

10. What kind of dog does Mr. Oliver have?
(a) A Labrador.
(b) An Afghan.
(c) A Greyhound.
(d) A Beagle.

11. What is the name of the Pointz Hall cook?
(a) Mrs. Carter.
(b) Mrs. Fish.
(c) Mrs. Sands.
(d) Mrs. Potts.

12. Who does Mrs. Manresa bring with her to Pointz Hall?
(a) William Harrowsmith.
(b) William Dodge.
(c) William Butler.
(d) William Wycliffe.

13. How does the audience react when Eliza Clark's character appears?
(a) They boo.
(b) They whistle and cheer.
(c) They laugh.
(d) They applaud politely.

14. How old is Mrs. Manresa?
(a) Thirty-nine.
(b) Twenty-eight.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Forty-five.

15. What has Mrs. Swithin nailed to the barn?
(a) A placard.
(b) A lantern holder.
(c) A curtain.
(d) A flag pole.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Mr. Oliver's country home?

2. How does Giles feel about what he read in the newspaper?

3. What is the general opinion of Albert in real life?

4. Where will the event be held if the weather is rainy?

5. Where does Mr. Oliver fall asleep?

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