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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Lizzie Rose decide she and Parsefall should run away in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 42?
(a) Next week
(b) That night
(c) The next morning
(d) Next month

2. Who puts on a puppet show for Cassandra in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 51?
(a) Mrs. Pinchbeck
(b) Marguerite
(c) Parsefall
(d) Grisini

3. What does Lizzie Rose dress in to take the dog for a walk in the beginning of Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 30?
(a) An ermine coat
(b) A military jacket
(c) A frilly dress
(d) A raincoat

4. What does Clara encase the phoenix-stone in so that it will not burn her in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 46?
(a) Snow
(b) Leaves
(c) An oven mitt
(d) A blanket

5. Lizzie Rose overhears the servants complaining about having to serve what, in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 30?
(a) Cassandra
(b) Italian children
(c) A stray dog
(d) Street children

6. Splendors and Glooms is related from what narrative perspective?
(a) Third person
(b) Fourth person
(c) First person
(d) Second person

7. What word from Part Two: “Ice” refers to any of various alloys in which tin is the chief constituent, originally one of tin and lead?
(a) Copper
(b) Muslin
(c) Pewter
(d) Filigree

8. What does Lizzie Rose suggest that she and Parsefall do in the end of Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 43?
(a) Steal the phoenix-stone
(b) Return to the house
(c) Run to the lake
(d) Burn down the estate

9. What is Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 45’s title?
(a) The Treasure Hunt
(b) The Gatehouse
(c) The Puppet Master
(d) The Black Place

10. Where does Clara go at the bidding of the voice that calls to her in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 31?
(a) The cemetery
(b) The basement
(c) The tower
(d) The drawing room

11. What is the title of Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 50?
(a) A Reunion
(b) The Confession Resumed
(c) The Wintermutes’ Christmas
(d) The Treasure Hunt

12. Parsefall looks forward to becoming a member of what group in the novel’s Epilogue?
(a) The House of Commons
(b) The British Navy
(c) The Scottish Guard
(d) The Royal Marionettes

13. Cassandra tells Lizzie Rose and Parsefall in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 32 that they can have anything in the house except for what?
(a) Grisini’s automaton watch
(b) The stone around her neck
(c) The books in the library
(d) Her Oriental rug

14. What does Parsefall choose from the table of items Cassandra presents him with in her room in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 35?
(a) A bracelet
(b) A sword
(c) A pistol
(d) A dagger

15. What item does Lizzie Rose present to Cassandra as one of the things she has chosen for gifts along with books and the photograph in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 36?
(a) A ring
(b) A seashell
(c) A watch
(d) A flower

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Cassandra destroy of Grisini’s in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 44?

2. Where does Clara lead Parsefall when he looks for a safe place to sleep in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 33?

3. How much time passes before Lizzie Rose and Parsefall meet Cassandra, according to the narrator in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 32?

4. In the beginning of Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 45, Parsefall has a dream that he is what?

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