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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens as the villagers view the dead fish?
(a) A giant tapeworm bursts from its belly.
(b) The flesh starts to fall off the bones.
(c) The tide washes the body away.
(d) A woman falls down almost face-to-face with the dead fish.

2. What does Naoimi Banks' teacher think of her?
(a) The teacher thinks she is lazy and useless.
(b) Naomi's teacher thinks she needs to practice her lines of handwriting.
(c) Naomi's teacher thinks she is a natural leader.
(d) The teacher believes Naomi is very smart.

3. What does Cora and William discover at the summer dinner party?
(a) That they are very good friends.
(b) That they are being thrown together by Stella.
(c) Neither of them are able to dance.
(d) They are in love with each other.

4. According to Naomi, what does Joanna do when she thinks no one is looking at school?
(a) Perform old pagan rituals.
(b) Have fits like a two-year old.
(c) Wipe her nose on her sleeve.
(d) Pretend to be smart.

5. What is the purpose for Spencer asking for Charles' help with the housing in London?
(a) Martha told Spencer he should ask Charles for the money.
(b) Spencer thinks it will make Martha see him.
(c) Spencer believes it will be a tremendous boost to the project.
(d) Charles' money is needed for Martha's project.

6. Who does Cora watch after Luke Garret is stabbed?
(a) Unaware of what happened, Cora sees Samuel Hall and gives him some money.
(b) Cora runs into the pastor who buried her husband.
(c) Cora watches the man who had play the barrel organ just before Luke is attacked.
(d) Cora watches the fairy girl dancing on the church steps.

7. Why does Cora write to William more often than she sees him?
(a) Cora likes William better on paper.
(b) Cora is often busy with her own home and it is easier to write.
(c) Cora thinks it is inappropriate for them to see each other.
(d) William is easier to write to than to talk to.

8. What does Ned's mother say about his personality after he has been stabbed?
(a) She feels Edward is an entirely new person that she has to get to know all over again.
(b) She says Ned seems to have a dual personality since the stabbing.
(c) She says Ned is much more intelligent than he used to be.
(d) She says Ned sleeps much more than he used to.

9. What are the buildings Charles and Spencer are touring?
(a) Old jails that have been converted to apartments.
(b) Old labor housing buildings.
(c) Old mansions with rooms turned into small apartments.
(d) Old mill buildings that have been converted into apartments.

10. What is wrong with Stella's lungs?
(a) One of her lungs is full of fluid.
(b) A lung is full of blood.
(c) One of Stella's lungs has collapsed.
(d) A lung has become full of tuberculosis.

11. What does Martha infer when she tells Edward she cannot marry him?
(a) She states she loves politics over all else.
(b) She admits she is in love with Edward.
(c) She admits that she never wants to get married.
(d) She admits that she will always love Cora.

12. How does Martha justify taking advantage of Spencer?
(a) Martha tells Luke that she is not taking advantage of Spencer.
(b) Martha tells Luke that Spencer has more than enough money to help the poor.
(c) Martha justifies using Spencer because she is a poor woman with no voice.
(d) Martha claims she has never made him any promises for his help.

13. What does William dislike about Magog, when the family acquires him?
(a) The smell of the goat.
(b) That the goat eats all the flowers.
(c) The slotted eyes of the goat.
(d) The noises the goat makes.

14. Why is Charles interested in going to visit the housing projects with Spencer and Martha?
(a) Charles thinks of it as a case study.
(b) Charles believes they need to be chaperoned.
(c) Charles likes to visit the slums on occasion.
(d) Charles knows they will need his money.

15. What is the horrible smell that makes the villagers of Aldwinter wake up and vomit?
(a) The Essex Serpent.
(b) The rotting carcass of a fish.
(c) The source of the smell was not discovered.
(d) The smell of low tide was especially harsh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cora discover about the body of the dead fish?

2. According to Spencer, what is Luke refusing to do?

3. What does Cora tell William he must do because of his beliefs?

4. Why does Cora immediately write Luke after she wrote her angry letter?

5. What does Cora confess to William in her letter?

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