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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Charles and Isobel find when they go into the woods to look for their parents?
(a) Their aunt who is very ill.
(b) Their mother who is either dead or unconscious.
(c) No one.
(d) A puppy.

2. Why does Vinny criticize Isobel?
(a) For being a sloppy dresser.
(b) For criticizing Vinny's shoes.
(c) For not doing her hair better.
(d) For searching Vinny's belongings.

3. With what is Debbie obsessed when Isobel arrives home?
(a) A ring that she finds.
(b) The china cabinet.
(c) The baby.
(d) A caterpillar.

4. What does Isobel end up asking Audrey?
(a) If her father beats her mother.
(b) If there is anything Audrey wants to tell Isobel.
(c) If Audrey wants to go get ice cream.
(d) If her father beats her.

5. Of what does Isobel have no memory?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Being where Eunice sees her earlier.
(c) Her uncle Frank.
(d) Her grandmother.

6. What does Isobel notice about Aubrey one day?
(a) She has grown a couple inches.
(b) She seems to be gaining weight.
(c) She has a bad cough.
(d) She has changed the color of her lipstick.

7. Why is Gordon troubled?
(a) Because of the shoe Isobel finds in Vinny's closet.
(b) Because Charles wants to move to London.
(c) Because Charles is dating a poor, uneducated woman.
(d) Because Vinny is so critical of Isobel.

8. Who goes into Boscrambe Woods first when the family is on a picnic?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Eliza.
(d) Vinny.

9. What is Gordon's position in WWII?
(a) Demolitions expert.
(b) Fighter pilot.
(c) Gunner's mate.
(d) Infantryman.

10. What does Vinny suspect Mr. Rice of doing?
(a) Dropping a nail on the driveway which her tire picks up.
(b) Stealing a bottle of wine from her cellar.
(c) Being mean to the new puppy.
(d) Harming one of her cats.

11. What does Mr. Baxter retire?
(a) He does not retire.
(b) He is at the retirement age.
(c) He is ill.
(d) He has injuried a young boy.

12. What does the Fairfax family buy in the 20th century?
(a) A house built on their previous manor.
(b) A library of old books.
(c) An estate in a neighboring county.
(d) Nothing.

13. What does Isobel do when she hears a voice?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Asks for her mama.
(c) Screams.
(d) Wakes Charles.

14. What does Eliza do when she goes into labor with Isobel?
(a) Makes Gordon take her to London for the birth.
(b) Goes into the woods to have the baby.
(c) Locks herself in her room and gives birth alone.
(d) Goes to the local midwife's home.

15. Who looks after the children until Charlotte and Vinny get home every day?
(a) No one.
(b) Audrey.
(c) Mrs. Baxter.
(d) Gordon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isobel see outside the window while washing dishes?

2. What lecture is boring Isobel in class?

3. How many photographs do Isobel and Charles have of their mother?

4. Where is Charles born?

5. What does the flashback in this section concern?

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