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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Cutter keep his pocketknife?
(a) Right trouser pocket.
(b) Back trouser pocket.
(c) Jacket pocket.
(d) Left trouser pocket.

2. What make of weapon does Cutter carry?
(a) Terrier.
(b) Corgi.
(c) Bulldog.
(d) Husky.

3. Which supposed spirit is the last to appear in the medium performance Octavia attends?
(a) Psyche.
(b) Rosalind.
(c) Angela.
(d) Alice.

4. What kind of tree does Gideon pass as he pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands?
(a) Birch.
(b) Laurel.
(c) Aspen.
(d) Hazel.

5. Octavia views a photo of which of the following last?
(a) Lottie Hinde.
(b) Johanna Styles.
(c) Felicity Hardwick.
(d) Ginny Foster.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the girl whose photograph Octavia views first?

2. What is the name of the porter at Elf’s lodgings in Deal?

3. As Gideon pursues Angela from the house on Vesper Sands, who is the first to reach him?

4. With which of the following does Chapter XXI begin?

5. What profession does Cutter note his father had had?

Short Essay Questions

1. What suggestion does Gideon make about Cutter’s specialty in policing?

2. Why does Cutter think the traffic approaching the house on Vesper Sands as he and Gideon pursue Angela is not a coach?

3. What does O’Donnell note as the only historical liberty he knowingly takes (401)?

4. What circumstances make it appear Strythe died in London?

5. What reasons for caution in pursuing his theories does Cutter note to Gideon at the house on Vesper Sands?

6. How does Cutter explain Angela’s condition to Gideon?

7. When confronted with the information Neuilly leaves for her in Deal, Octavia cites a familiar feeling: tenderness and anger mixed. From what is it familiar to her?

8. Why does Octavia note that she has kept her story from the newspapers?

9. What pattern do Octavia and Elf note in the disappearances of young women associated with the Spiriters?

10. How does Ada explain the shipwreck visible from the house on Vesper Sands?

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