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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Parsefall doing when Grisini returns home in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 15?
(a) Talking on the telephone to his mother
(b) Rehearsing with a puppet
(c) Writing a letter to his father
(d) Eating breakfast

2. What is the title of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 18?
(a) Awakening
(b) The Rocking Chair
(c) The Legacy
(d) The Egyptian Hall

3. What word from Part One: “Fog” refers to a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns?
(a) Opalite
(b) Sateen
(c) Muslin
(d) Filigree

4. At what time are the guests to arrive for Clara’s birthday party in the beginning of the novel?
(a) 3:00 p.m.
(b) 1:00 p.m.
(c) 4:30 p.m.
(d) 5:00 p.m.

5. What does Parsefall do when he has trouble falling asleep in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 22?
(a) He holds the Clara puppet
(b) He goes to Grisini’s room
(c) He goes to Lizzie Rose’s room
(d) He calls his mother

6. Mrs. Pinchbeck tells Lizzie Rose and Parsefall that they can stay with her under what condition in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 16?
(a) They steal from the market for her
(b) They call the police about Grisini
(c) They help with housekeeping
(d) They pay her 10 pounds rent a month

7. The children that are coming to Clara’s birthday party in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1 are said to be the children of her parents’ friends who live where?
(a) The Upper East Side
(b) Chester Square
(c) The West End
(d) Greenwich Village

8. After the police leave in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 9, Lizzie Rose sends Parsefall out to buy what?
(a) Breakfast
(b) Dog food
(c) Oats for the horse
(d) Dinner

9. What gemstone is on the locket that Clara’s parents give her for her birthday present in the beginning of the novel?
(a) A ruby
(b) A sapphire
(c) An emerald
(d) An opal

10. What ailment does Mrs. Pinchbeck appear to suffer from in the novel?
(a) Opium addiction
(b) Epilepsy
(c) Alcoholism
(d) Cocaine addiction

11. The legend on the puppet cart of Grisini’s says “The Phenomenal Professor Grisini and his” what?
(a) Muppet Masterpiece
(b) Magnificent Puppets
(c) Venetian Fantoccini
(d) Marionettes of Wonder

12. What is the name of the landlady to Grisini and his wards in London?
(a) Mrs. Wintermute
(b) Mrs. Pinchbeck
(c) Miss Cameron
(d) Mrs. Fettle

13. What is the title of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 20?
(a) An Unexpected Discovery
(b) Awakening
(c) The Staircase
(d) Of Purse Strings and Puppet Strings

14. Who is said to have gone missing in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 8?
(a) Clara
(b) Cassandra
(c) Dr. Wintermute
(d) Mrs. Wintermute

15. Grisini tells Cassandra in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 19 that in order for her to escape the curse of the phoenix-stone, it must be stolen by whom?
(a) A man
(b) A child
(c) A werewolf
(d) A woman

Short Answer Questions

1. Of Cassandra, the narrator says in the Prologue: “Fire,” “Now that she had reached the end of her life, she was a child again and feared” what?

2. Lizzie Rose shows Parsefall some of the items that she found in Grisini’s room as she was cleaning it in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 20. What do the items consist of?

3. What is the title of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 24?

4. What is the name of Clara’s governess in the novel?

5. What traditional, popular English puppet show does the housemaid suggest should be enough for Clara in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1?

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