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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of a driver is Lord Feverstone?
(a) Dangerous .
(b) A daredevil.
(c) Distracted.
(d) Slow and steady.

2. Who spends the night with Jane after her trip to St. Anne's?
(a) Miss Hardcastle.
(b) Miss Ironwood.
(c) Mark.
(d) Mrs. Dimble.

3. How does Mr. Wither seem to Mark during their conversation when Mark is first introduced at Belbury?
(a) Enthusiastic and warm.
(b) Distracted and distant.
(c) Cold and hostile.
(d) Too eager.

4. What is Mark's main concern at the beginning of the book?
(a) His fellowship at Bracton College.
(b) Finding a way to combine science and ethics.
(c) His wife's discontent.
(d) The N.I.C.E.

5. What is Bracton College being forced to do after they have already sold off Bragdon Wood?
(a) Hold a funeral proceeding for Mr. Hingest.
(b) Redirect the Wynd River.
(c) Sell out to the N.I.C.E.
(d) Give over half of their staff to aid the progression of the N.I.C.E.

6. Why do the Dennistons want Jane in their group?
(a) She has a wide circle of influence.
(b) They know her husband is now a part of the N.I.C.E.
(c) They respect the recommendation of the Dimbles.
(d) She has the gift of visions.

7. What strikes Jane about the leader of St. Anne's?
(a) He is without age.
(b) She feels that she has known him forever.
(c) His eyes seem to see through her.
(d) He emanates strength.

8. Whom does Jane have a recurring dream of without knowing who he is?
(a) Mr. Ransom.
(b) Mr. Wither.
(c) Mr. Steele.
(d) Mr. Frost.

9. What will a beast not do after speaking with the master of St. Anne's?
(a) Die at the hands of a human.
(b) Bear offspring.
(c) Harm a human.
(d) Return to the wild.

10. What does Reverend Straik talk about at length at their secret society meetings?
(a) Murder.
(b) The Commandments.
(c) Resurrection.
(d) St. Anne's.

11. What does Jane say that gets her admitted into St. Anne's?
(a) She offers money.
(b) She said she was sent by Dr. Dimble.
(c) She pledges a pact of secrecy.
(d) She says she is desperate for help.

12. Why is Mr. Dimble suspicious of N.I.C.E. buying the wood?
(a) They are paying much more than the wood is worth.
(b) He has had a dream about the leader of the N.I.C.E.
(c) They are kicking him out of his house.
(d) It is not really fit to build on.

13. What does Jane find in her bathroom at St. Anne's that makes her run away screaming?
(a) Mark.
(b) A lion.
(c) A bear.
(d) The man from her dream.

14. What happened to the prisoner Alcasan?
(a) He tried to defy the N.I.C.E. and is now undergoing brainwashing experiments.
(b) He became the Head.
(c) He was tortured and killed.
(d) He never really existed; he was just a propaganda story.

15. Who is causing all of the disturbances that Mark is writing about?
(a) Mr. Ransom.
(b) The College.
(c) St. Anne's.
(d) N.I.C.E.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mark admire about Jane the morning after she was so frightened and he ignored her to get some sleep after his dinner party?

2. What does Mr. Dimble ask Jane to do before she tells anyone else about her dream?

3. What is so different about Jane wanting so desperately to join St. Anne's from the beginning of the book?

4. What does Lord Feverstone tell Mark that he will lose if he turns down the position at the N.I.C.E.?

5. What did the man that Jane sees in the newspaper do to be imprisoned?

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