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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. In Chapter 4, what does a servant find under the table where Peter and Harriet were dining?
(a) A rose.
(b) Harriet's notebook.
(c) Hate mail.
(d) A letter from the Dean.

2. Whom does Harriet offer to help with proof sheets?
(a) Miss Lydgate.
(b) Miss Barton.
(c) Miss Martin.
(d) Miss Hillyard.

3. Whom do the Fellows and Tutors originally suspect as the culprit of the letters and vandalism?
(a) A first year student.
(b) A scout.
(c) A faculty member.
(d) The porter.

4. Who approaches Peter while he is reading a letter from Harriet?
(a) Saint-George.
(b) Harriet.
(c) A Count.
(d) Peter's brother.

5. Miss Pyke discovers that what is missing right before she has to lecture?
(a) Her pen.
(b) Her book.
(c) Her gown.
(d) Her spectacles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Harriet stay at her second visit to Oxford?

2. Whom does Miss Hillyard accuse of the acts of vandalism?

3. At the end of the Gaudy, what does Harriet find with the cigarette case in her gown?

4. Why does Mrs. Goodwin not return at the beginning of the summer term?

5. Who bumps into Harriet and spills her meringues?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Harriet handle the vandalism of the New Library?

2. In the meeting that takes place during Chapter 5, why is it concluded that the culprit must be a resident at Oxford?

3. What does Harriet find amusing about the invitation to Farringdon's party?

4. How does Harriet find the disaster in the New Library the night before its opening?

5. Why is Saint-George unable to keep his lunch appointment with Harriet?

6. What does Harriet learn from Arbuthnot about Peter?

7. What happens while the lights are out at Shrewsbury in Chapter 9?

8. Why does Harriet offer to help Miss Lydgate with her proofs?

9. In Chapter 2, what does Harriet talk about while having coffee with the Dean and her other classmates?

10. Why does Miss Martin, Dean at Shrewsbury College, write a letter to Harriet in Chapter 4?

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