1. The answers to these fifteen questions form an acrostic i.e. the first letters spell out a message. The first question is: What is the name of Frank Churchill’s home, that of his aunt and uncle? HINT: Not in Highbury. Randalls Donwell Enscombe Hartfield

2. What is the surname of the farmer Robert _______, who is the determined suitor of Harriet Smith? Martin Hodges Nash Larkins

3. What is the name of Mrs Elton’s brother-in-law’s estate near Bristol, which she drops into conversation unceasingly? Smallridge House Suckling Park Maple Grove Bragge Manor

4. What does Miss Bates say that Mr Weston has used on the room at the Crown, in readiness for the ball? New Broom Elbow Grease Magic Wand Aladdin's Lamp

5. What is the surname of the owner of Donwell Abbey, who is the mentor and successful suitor of Emma? Churchill Elton Weston Knightley

6. What is Mr Elton’s echo from Emma’s comments about the dangers of taking a likeness? “No-one could complain about your skill, Miss Woodhouse” “You have made her too tall” “You have made a very good likeness of him---only too handsome—too flattering” “No husbands and wives in the case at present”

7. What is the Christian name of Emma’s elder sister, married and living in Brunswick Square in London? Answer: (Castile, eight letters)

8. “Mrs. _______ was the mistress of a School--not of a seminary, or an establishment, or any thing which professed, in long sentences of refined nonsense, to combine liberal acquirements with elegant morality, upon new principles and new systems--and where young ladies for enormous pay might be screwed out of health and into vanity” Name the sensible Highbury schoolmistress. Goddard Richardson Nash Prince

9. What is the name of the Woodhouse estate in Highbury? Deerpark Hartfield Hindsite Buckleigh

10. What was Mrs Weston’s maiden name? Miss Anne ______? HINT: Tinker, ___ Taylor Otway Cox Ford

11. What was the military rank of Jane Fairfax’s father? Hint; think Butterfly’s Pinkerton Ensign Lieutenant Captain Colonel

12. What is the missing word from this description of Emma’s father? “The ______ of the actual disparity in their ages (and Mr. Woodhouse had not married early) was much increased by his constitution and habits; for having been a valetudinarian all his life, without activity of mind or body, he was a much older man in ways than in years; and though everywhere beloved for the friendliness of his heart and his amiable temper, his talents could not have recommended him at any time.” HINT: Vile anagram Misfortune Evil Harm Ill

13. “At this moment they were approaching Ford's, and he hastily exclaimed, ‘Ha! this must be the very shop that every body attends every day of their lives, as my father informs me.’” “I must buy something at Ford's. It will be taking out my freedom.--I dare say they sell gloves." What are some of the gloves examined by Frank Churchill in Ford’s? Hint: Northern sunbathing Devon Gauntlets Derby Doeskins York Tan Men's Suedes

14. What is the missing word from the description of the Coles and their parties? “The Coles had been settled some years in Highbury, and were very good sort of people--friendly, liberal, and unpretending; but, on the other hand, they were of low origin, in trade, and only moderately genteel.” “Their love of society, and their new dining-room, prepared every body for their keeping dinner-company; and a few parties, chiefly among the single _____, had already taken place.” Hint: They would, as the women say. Men Boys Ladies Girls

15. Who is conceived and born during the time covered by ‘Emma’, the novel? Hint: The novel starts with the wedding. Caroline Otway Emma Knightley Anna Weston Jane Dixon