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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whom does Miss Hillyard accuse of the acts of vandalism?
2. Who tries to blackmail Pomfret for climbing over the college wall?
3. What had Saint-George asked of Peter?
4. In Chapter 4, what does a servant find under the table where Peter and Harriet were dining?
5. Who bumps into Harriet and spills her meringues?
Short Essay Questions
1. Does Harriet learn anything about the poltergeist from the night when the fuses were removed?
2. Why does Harriet offer to help Miss Lydgate with her proofs?
3. In Chapter 5, what do the Dean and Harriet conclude from the absence of spelling mistakes in the poison pen letters?
4. In Chapter 7, why does Harriet hide a man in the chapel during the middle of the night?
5. How does Saint-George embarrass himself in front of Harriet?
6. How does Harriet find the disaster in the New Library the night before its opening?
7. Harriet drives to Oxford to attend the opening of the new library and to investigate which incidents?
8. Why is Sunday the best part of a Gaudy?
9. In the meeting that takes place during Chapter 5, why is it concluded that the culprit must be a resident at Oxford?
10. In Chapter 2, what does Harriet talk about while having coffee with the Dean and her other classmates?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Annie is obviously the culprit, but it could be said that she is driven to her crimes. Answer the following questions.
1) Why does Annie attack Miss de Vine?
2) Why does Annie attack the college?
3) Are Annie's actions understandable?
4) If you were in charge of dealing with Annie, what would you do?
Essay Topic 2
What is the "marriage question" that Harriet faces? How is it linked to the mystery Harriet solves? Does she answer it by the end of the book?
Essay Topic 3
During her first visit Oxford, Harriet discovers a crude drawing. Answer the following questions.
1) What is on the drawing?
2) Having finished reading the book, how does this drawing show the motive of the culprit?
3) How does the timing of this incident point to the culprit?
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