1. Our English heroine, Julia Ashley, is left an orphan in Ireland. What happened to her parents? Her insane father killed her mother, then himself They died in the plague They were killed by Cromwell They were killed by rebellious Irish peasants

2. Eight years later, a Dutch sea captain, Johannes Belderdik, finds the starving Julia while on a mysterious trip to Ireland. He is taken with the little girl, and brings her home. What is his wife's reaction? she secretly hates her she is indifferent to her she loves her like a daughter she is violently abusive to her

3. At the age of twelve, Julia is on the move again, this time to where? The Klopstock Home Rotterdam Johannes' parents in the country Back to Ireland

4. At the age of fifteen, Julia becomes the wife of a nutmeg planter in the East Indies. These marriages-by-proxy are known as _________ marriages. ring stocking handkerchief glove

5. Finally the "Trade's Advance" sails into Banda harbour, and Julia and her friend Marie will see their husbands for the first time. Marie's husband, Hendrick, is the assistant to the Company's agent, and takes a moment from his duties to meet her. Who meets Julia aboard the ship? Pieter's father, Simon Vosmar Doctor Hootman Her husband, Pieter A native servant

6. Pieter, Julia's husband, is mentally handicapped, a fact which Mynheer Vosmar has managed to keep secret all these years. What does he think caused Pieter's affliction? a fever an accidental fall nothing, he was born that way a magic spell

7. While walking through the nutmeg groves one day, Julia comes upon something which horrifies her. What is it? a burial ground a bloody axe a corpse a starving woman in a cage

8. Julia is rescued from a desperate situation by a young Englishman, Charles. Who is he? a smuggler a sailor a planter a spy

9. Nicolas Vanderplasse comes to visit Rua. Who is he? a Company agent an artist Dr Hootman's nephew a young kinsman of Mynheer's

10. Who kills Mynheer? Julia Pieter Charles Dr Hootman