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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. Who tells Harriet about being accosted by a person who might be the poltergeist?
(a) Saint-George.
(b) Pomfret.
(c) Miss Cattermole.
(d) Padgett.

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

3. Of what had Harriet been accused by the police?
(a) Perjury.
(b) Vandalism.
(c) Murder.
(d) Plagiarism.

4. Whom does Miss Hillyard accuse of the acts of vandalism?
(a) A faculty member.
(b) A student.
(c) A man.
(d) A scout.

5. Who hates Oxford and attends only because of her parents' wishes?
(a) Miss Flaxman.
(b) Miss Briggs.
(c) Miss Cattermole.
(d) Miss Mollison.

Short Answer Questions

1. While having coffee after the Gaudy Dinner, who questions Harriet about the type of books she writes?

2. Which old classmate of Harriet's is an archaeologist?

3. When does Harriet notice a suspicious light on in the New Library?

4. What kind of weather does Harriet drive through at the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. Besides Jukes and his family, who is in the house when it is raided?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Harriet choose to tell the faculty about the figure hanging in the chapel?

2. What does Harriet learn from Arbuthnot about Peter?

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

4. What is significant about April 1st?

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

6. In Chapter 5, what do the Dean and Harriet conclude from the absence of spelling mistakes in the poison pen letters?

7. Why does Harriet tell Saint-George about the poltergeist in Chapter 10?

8. In Chapter 7, why does Harriet hide a man in the chapel during the middle of the night?

9. Harriet drives to Oxford to attend the opening of the new library and to investigate which incidents?

10. Why is Sunday the best part of a Gaudy?

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