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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hendred think about Yardley as possible husband for Venetia?
(a) She likes him. but doesn't think he's a good match for Venetia.
(b) She approves of and encourages him.
(c) She suspects he is penniless.
(d) She disapproves of his arrogance.

2. What does Venetia have to figure out at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) How to outsmart her aunt.
(b) How to get Damerel back.
(c) How to find Conway.
(d) How to apologize to Yardley.

3. Where does Venetia spot a striking woman accompanied by a man who looks like the Prince Regent?
(a) At a cafe.
(b) At the theater.
(c) At an assembly.
(d) At a park.

4. What does Venetia find that she enjoys doing in Chapter 16?
(a) Attending the opera.
(b) Dressing up in new London styles.
(c) Going to tea houses.
(d) Visiting art galleries.

5. What do Venetia and Lady Steeple talk about when they meet for the first time?
(a) Venetia's childhood.
(b) Damerel.
(c) Venetia's financial situation.
(d) The London parties.

6. What does Philip inform Mrs. Scorrier of in Chapter 15?
(a) That the family fortune is gone.
(b) That a portion of the estate land is to be sold.
(c) That Charlotte has no legal rights at Undershaw.
(d) That Conway has a gambling problem.

7. Who is the striking woman who Venetia saw in Chapter 18?
(a) Damerel's former lover.
(b) A famous actress.
(c) A duchess.
(d) Venetia's mother.

8. Where does Damerel suggest Aubrey go in Chapter 13?
(a) A monastery.
(b) To stay with family in Londin.
(c) A hospital.
(d) Damerel's house.

9. Where do Sir John and Lady Denny send Oswald?
(a) To stay with his Uncle.
(b) To a university.
(c) To a monastery.
(d) On a holiday to France.

10. What is Mrs. Hendred constantly worrying about?
(a) The weather.
(b) Making Venetia a good marriage match.
(c) Missing the mail.
(d) Venetia wearing current fashions.

11. How does Venetia feel when she is busy in Chapter 16?
(a) Like she is wasting her time.
(b) Distracted.
(c) Burdened.
(d) Almost content.

12. According to Mrs. Scorrier, what does Charlotte have a horror of?
(a) Blood.
(b) Deformity.
(c) Poverty.
(d) The dark.

13. What disturbs Mrs. Hendred about Venetia's conduct?
(a) That she goes out without attendants.
(b) That she lacks table manners.
(c) That she cannot dance.
(d) That she gossips.

14. Who is Marston?
(a) Oswald's friend.
(b) The vicar.
(c) A squire.
(d) Damerel's servant.

15. What does Venetia set out to find on the morning after she finds out about her mother?
(a) Her father's grave site.
(b) Her birth certificate.
(c) Her mother's hotel.
(d) Her brother's barracks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Venetia longed to do as a little girl?

2. What is the name of Conway's new wife?

3. What does Oswald seek from Damerel when he intercepts him on the way home in Chapter 9?

4. What do the servants do when Mrs. Scorrier asks them to do anything?

5. How does Mrs. Hendred react to the restaurant in Chapter 18?

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