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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. What does Charlotte say about Eliza one day to the children?
(a) She is in a hospital and cannot wake up.
(b) She is not coming back.
(c) She is dead.
(d) She will be home the next day.

2. How do girls find Isobel's brother?
(a) Not attractive.
(b) Witty.
(c) Boorish.
(d) Handsome.

3. What is the table covered in one morning when Isobel goes downstairs?
(a) Raw meat.
(b) Lottery tickets.
(c) Maps.
(d) Receipts.

4. What does Lady Fairfax give Francis Fairfax?
(a) A prophesy.
(b) A daughter.
(c) A son.
(d) A rifle.

5. In what year does Francis Fairfax arrive in Lythe?
(a) 1777.
(b) 1692.
(c) 1580.
(d) 1980.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Fairfax family buy in the 20th century?

2. Where does Gordon meet Eliza?

3. What is Mr. Baxter's position?

4. What occurs in Fairfax Manor in 1582?

5. With what is Gordon having difficulty?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Charlotte and Vinny treat Eliza and what is her response?

2. How does Debbie explain the raw meat on the table one morning?

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

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

5. What does Isobel think she sees Mr. Rice doing and what is the outcome?

6. What leads to Isobel's house being infested with fleas?

7. Describe how Charles and Isobel are born.

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

9. What does Isobel, the narrator at the beginning of the novel, discuss in the first part of the novel?

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

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