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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Val believed about Roland and Maud, until she learns more at the horse race?
(a) That Roland and Maud didn't know each other.
(b) That Roland and Maud were having an affair.
(c) That Roland and Maud were enemies.
(d) That Roland and Maud were nothing more than colleagues.

2. What does the medium say that spiritualist séances accomplish?
(a) They make people more trusting.
(b) They provide important information about life after death.
(c) They make people feel better.
(d) They provide important information about loved ones.

3. At dinner, what does Christabel seem like to Ash?
(a) A trapped bird.
(b) A fearful puppy.
(c) A waiting squirrel.
(d) An injured cat.

4. What is Cropper's lecture about?
(a) The Life and Times of Ash.
(b) The Past in Words and Pictures.
(c) The Collector's True Purpose.
(d) The Art of the Biographer.

5. What does Ellen do with the box?
(a) She buries it in the garden.
(b) She buries it with Randolf.
(c) She keeps it under her pillow.
(d) She keeps it in a safe.

6. What does Roland say to Blackadder after the meeting?
(a) Roland quits his job.
(b) Roland tells Blackadder he never wants to see him again.
(c) Roland appologizes for what he's done.
(d) Roland complains about Blackadder's maltreatment.

7. What is Cropper hoping to do, with the help of Hildebrand Ash?
(a) Dig up Ellen and Randolph Ash's graves.
(b) Transport Randolph Ash's former home to America.
(c) Tear down Randolph Ash's former home.
(d) Dig up Randolph Ash's former garden.

8. What does Val say that she's not very good at?
(a) Knowing what she wants.
(b) Making decisions.
(c) Being happy.
(d) Thinking of others.

9. Who does Euan believe rightfully owns Christabel and Ash's letters today?
(a) Maud.
(b) Cropper.
(c) Sir George.
(d) Roland.

10. What does the group hope to do?
(a) Get Cropper and Hildebrand to fight with each other.
(b) Catch Cropper and Hildebrand digging up graves.
(c) Get reporters to write a negative story about Cropper.
(d) Catch Cropper bribing Hildebrand.

11. Who did Christabel choose to raise her child?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Blanche's estranged sister.
(c) Her sister, Sophia.
(d) Ash's cousin.

12. Who calls Roland to warn him about Blackadder?
(a) Maud.
(b) Fergus.
(c) Paola.
(d) Val.

13. Where does Ellen Ash go to sit after her husband has died?
(a) In her garden.
(b) In the graveyard.
(c) At his desk.
(d) At the shore.

14. What does the knight hear coming from a waterfall?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Music.
(c) Buzzing.
(d) Shouting.

15. Where does Val tell Fergus that Roland is?
(a) Val thinks Roland is at an auction in Paris.
(b) Val thinks Roland is looking at a book for Blackadder.
(c) Val thinks Roland is in Italy at a museum.
(d) Val thinks Roland is at a conference in Northern England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Fergus tell that he thinks Roland has found some unknown letters?

2. Who has the knight in THE FAIRY MELUSINE killed?

3. What spiritual group does Blackadder discover Christabel was a part of?

4. Who is the medium training in Mummy Possest?

5. Who does the letter say that Christabel LaMotte visited in 1859?

(see the answer keys)

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