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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 Isobel find when searching Vinny's wardrobe?
(a) A new purse.
(b) A one-way plane ticket to the United States.
(c) Some ticket stubs.
(d) A single, unusual shoe.

2. What does Gordon give Eliza for Christmas one year?
(a) A trip to her native Australia.
(b) A new car.
(c) A gold ring with emerals and diamonds.
(d) A diamond necklace.

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

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

5. What happens to Isobel's mother?
(a) She left Isobel and Isobel's father.
(b) She died while giving birth to Isobel.
(c) She died in a horseback riding accident.
(d) She disappeared in the woods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Charles and Isobel find when they go into the woods to look for their parents?

2. What does Francis Fairfax give his wife when he marries?

3. What is Mr. Baxter's position?

4. What occurs in Fairfax Manor in 1582?

5. What is the table covered in one morning when Isobel goes downstairs?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where is Audrey's mother and how has her mother impacted Audrey and Charles' life?

6. What happens when Charles is eight years old?

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

8. How does Isobel come to find a single, unusual shoe in Vinny's closet and what is Vinny's reaction?

9. How does Vinny treat the children?

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

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