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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. How do the neighbors respond to the presence of the baby?
(a) They are thinking of calling social services.
(b) They are not at all suspicious.
(c) One neighbor has started a private investigation into the matter.
(d) They do not know of the baby.

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

3. For how long does Gordon disappear after his wife is gone?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 7 years.

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

5. What happens to Lady Fairfax one day?
(a) A wolf attacks her.
(b) A gypsy tells her fortune.
(c) She went for a walk and disappeared.
(d) A cleric slaps her during one of her hysterical moments.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Isobel see when she experiences a time warp in this section?

3. Where do Malcolm and Isobel visit?

4. Of what does Isobel have no memory?

5. Who does Charles want to see when he wakes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mr. Rice presented in a less-than-favorable narrative?

2. Give a very brief synopsis of the Fairfax family's status over time.

3. Describe the interaction between Gordon and his two young children after Gordon returns from the woods.

4. What happens when Charles is eight years old?

5. What does Francis Fairfax give his new wife and what happens to the present?

6. What does Isobel say are Charles' hobbies, and how does he relate one of his hobbies to his mother?

7. What does Isobel "see" in the time wrap she experiences in this chapter?

8. What are the circumstances surrounding Charlotte's death?

9. What do the neighbors think of the new baby in the Fairfax household?

10. What does Isobel find at the back door when she and Isobel are home alone?

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