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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. Why does Mrs. Allen congratulate herself once in the tea-room?
(a) Her dress is the loveliest in the room.
(b) She secured Catherine and herself the best seats in the room.
(c) Her dress has not been injured.
(d) She has many social connections at the ball.

2. While dancing with John, where does Catherine find herself looking?
(a) At the decorations in the room.
(b) Around the room in search of Mrs. Allen.
(c) The part of the room where she had left Mr. Tilney.
(d) Down at the floor.

3. What town is to be the final destination of the Thorpes' and Morlands' trip?
(a) London.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Bristol.
(d) Fullerton.

4. Where does John Thorpe offer to take Catherine in his carriage?
(a) To Oxford.
(b) To Lansdown Hill
(c) To the nightly ball.
(d) Back home to Fullerton.

5. When asked what she thinks of John Thorpe, how does Catherine respond?
(a) Catherine lies by claiming to like him very much.
(b) Catherine smiles and calls him a true gentleman.
(c) Catherine refers to him as an oaffish braggart.
(d) Catherine changes the subject to avoid answering.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Mr. Morland give Catherine before she left?

2. How many children do Catherine's parents have?

3. Why is the trip to Bristol called off?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 10, where have the Allens, Thorpes and Morlands met?

5. What is Mrs. Allen amazed at Mr. Tilney's knowledge of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the apparent relationship between Isabella and James in Chapter 7?

2. Describe Mrs. Thorpe's daughters.

3. How does Henry support his suggestion that a country-dance is like a marriage?

4. Describe Mrs. Allen.

5. Why does Catherine leave the dance early?

6. Why is Catherine mortified following her visit to the Tilney home?

7. Describe Catherine at the age of seventeen.

8. Who does Catherine meet in Chapter 3?

9. What information does Mrs. Allen give Catherine about Henry's mother?

10. As Catherine is leaving Bath in John's carriage, what happens when she spots the Tilneys in the street?

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