Serafina and the Black Cloak

Reading Check questions are designed for in-class review on key plot points or for quick verbal or written assessments. Multiple Choice and Short Answer Quizzes create ideal summative assessments, and collectively function to convey a sense of the work’s tone and themes.

Chapters 1-6

Reading Check

1. According to Pa, what is Serafina’s job at Biltmore as denoted by her abbreviated title “C.R.C.”?

2. Why are search parties organized and sent throughout Biltmore?

3. What article of clothing does Serafina find in the subbasement?

Multiple Choice

1. Why does Pa most likely tell Serafina that she is not allowed to help the search parties’ efforts?

A) He is afraid that she will hurt herself.

B) He is afraid that he will lose his job.

C) He is afraid of the Man in the Black Cloak.

D) He is afraid someone will take her from him.

2. What action does Serafina decide to take on the suspicion that the Man in the Black Cloak is at least partially mortal?

A) She goes to the stables to find Braeden.

B) She returns to the subbasement for clues.

C) She visits the porte cochere’s coatroom.

D) She hides in the linens drying machine.

3. Which of these represents the best hint that Serafina might not be wholly human?

A) the way she conducts her job as the C.