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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. Whose idea is it to have tea in Ottery St. Mary?
(a) Mrs. Rotunder's.
(b) Miss Fairweather's.
(c) Miss Darlington's.
(d) Miss Brown's.

2. How did Morvath's adoptive parents die?
(a) In an explosion in a cow pasture.
(b) From being struck by falling birds.
(c) In a fire while they were boating.
(d) From poisoned ink on their morning newspaper.

3. By what name does Ned introduce himself to Cecilia in Chapter 3?
(a) Teddy Luxe.
(b) Captain Lightbourne.
(c) Dr. Lumes.
(d) Eduardo de Luca.

4. What does Ned steal from Cecilia on their way into the hotel?
(a) Her pistol.
(b) Her knife.
(c) Her earrings.
(d) Her book.

5. What reason does Ned give Cecilia for knowing the area of Sidmouth well?
(a) He knows it from his days as a smuggler.
(b) Sidmouth is where he grew up.
(c) Sidmouth is where his house was located when it was pushed off a cliff.
(d) He knows it from an undercover job as a village butcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ned have to travel by foot or horseback?

2. When Cecilia goes outside to get some fresh air during the Chapter 6 Wisteria Society meeting, what does she discover is happening?

3. After her conversation with Ned in Chapter 8, what does Cecilia begin to suspect about the Wisteria Society women?

4. The rumor that Verisimilitude Jones is so old that she once stole a cake from Marie Antoinette contains examples of which techniques?

5. What word does Cecilia use to describe non-pirates?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about the Chapter 1 conversation about Miss Darlington's concerns over how she would have handled Ned had he tried to break in when she was alone in the house?

2. Whom does Oply spend the Chapter 6 Wisteria Society meeting telling Cecilia about, and whom does this man turn out to be in Chapter 7?

3. In Chapter 4, why does Miss Darlington suddenly bring the house into town to pick up Cecilia?

4. What is paradoxical about Lady Armitage's attitude toward Cecilia in Chapter 2?

5. Who is Cecilia's father, and why does Cecilia read Bronte novels in hopes of understanding him better?

6. What kind of a relationship do Ned and Alex seem to have, and how does the reader know this?

7. How many husbands has Lady Armitage had, and what are their fates?

8. What does Cecilia hope will happen when she tells the Wisteria Society women about Lady Armitage's assassination attempt, and what actually happens?

9. Why is Cecilia excited to learn that she is the target of an assassination attempt?

10. What is the history of Cecilia's relationship with Jane Fairweather?

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