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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. Offerton send Hugh to the schoolmaster's office when he sees him in the courtyard in the Prologue?
(a) Hugh will be whipped for going swimming.
(b) Hugh's mother is there to see him.
(c) He needs to be told about Peter.
(d) They want to question him about Micky.

2. Why did Pilaster and Co. shut down?
(a) Toby Pilaster hanged himself.
(b) Nobody wanted the company's goods any longer.
(c) The bank collapsed.
(d) The workers went on strike.

3. Why are the boys in detention in the Prologue of the book?
(a) One of them was insubordinate.
(b) Someone stole money.
(c) They swam in the watering hole.
(d) They were boisterous in class.

4. What kind of a woman is Augusta Pilaster?
(a) Overbearing.
(b) Strong and beautiful.
(c) Easily swayed.
(d) Weak, yet beautiful.

5. To where does Danny run away in the Prologue?
(a) Newcastle.
(b) Gdansk.
(c) America.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joseph Pilaster collect?

2. Why does Maisie leave home in the Prologue?

3. Why won't Pilaster bank loan Carlos Miranda money?

4. What sits at the top of the new Pilaster house?

5. Who do Edward, Micky and Hugh meet in the Argyll Room?

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