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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11, 12, and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Mrs. Poulteney shocked to hear that Sarah is walking on Ware Commons?
(a) It has become to be called Lover's Lane.
(b) She goes out unchaperoned.
(c) It leads to the Cobb where the sailors are.
(d) Along Ware Commons there are ale houses and thieves.

2. What terrible image does Mrs. Talbot have from the literature she reads?
(a) A picture of Sarah after jumping from a cliff.
(b) A picture of Sarah reduced to working in a house of ill repute.
(c) A picture of Sarah begging on the streets.
(d) A picture of Sarah dying of starvation.

3. What happened to Charles' mother?
(a) She fell into the sea on a boat outing.
(b) She ran off with an Italian.
(c) She died in childbirth to a stillborn girl.
(d) She died of tuberculosis.

4. What investments had Charles' father made?
(a) Importing and politics.
(b) Rail stocks and gambling.
(c) Coal mining and religion.
(d) Shipping and rock collecting.

5. What causes Sarah and the lieutenant to be thrown together in Capt. Talbot's house?
(a) The lieutenant only speaks French and Sarah interprets.
(b) The lieutenant has a broken leg and Sarah was his nurse.
(c) They share adjoining rooms.
(d) She is working for Capt. Talbot as secretary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Immediately after Charles discovers that Sarah is not dead, what happens in Ernestina's bedroom?

2. Where does Charles establish his quarters after his father's death?

3. What title did Charles' grandfather hold?

4. How does the butler sum up the feelings of Mrs. Poulteney's staff?

5. What does Mrs. Poulteney insist as requisites for a companion?

(see the answer key)

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