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Section 1: Chapter 1, "An Unexpected Caller," through Chapter 5, "Stealing O'er the Fading Sky in Shadowy Flight"

1. What bird appears in the title of Chapter 1?
(a) Emu.
(b) Auk.
(c) Mamo.
(d) Dodo.

2. What is the title of the poem that Cecilia is reading aloud in the book's opening?
(a) Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.
(b) The Fall of Ninevah.
(c) The Song of Hiawatha.
(d) The Wanderings of Oisin.

3. What does Miss Darlington's irritation when Ned knocks at their door reveal about Miss Darlington?
(a) She is reclusive and dislikes receiving visitors.
(b) She has very rigid ideas about etiquette.
(c) She is often ill-tempered in the morning.
(d) She is suspicious of anyone who tries to call on Cecilia.

4. How long has Cecilia been Miss Darlington's ward?
(a) 16 years.
(b) 13 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 7 years.

5. What figure of speech is present in the phrase "winter dreamed in her eyes" (3)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Epigram.
(d) Simile.

6. When Miss Darlington corrects Cecilia's use of the word "steal" by saying "Obtain by private means," which device is this an example of (4)?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Aside.
(d) Euphemism.

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