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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maisie find out from Count Tokoly?
(a) That Micky had a hand in the situation at the costume ball.
(b) That Augusta asked the Count to make a scene with Nora.
(c) That Nora made a pass at the Count.
(d) That Augusta told the Count that Nora was susceptible.

2. Why do the partners back Augusta's desire to have Edward as Senior Partner in Part 3?
(a) She had begged them to.
(b) It is the right decision.
(c) She has blackmailed them.
(d) They don't want Hugh as Senior Partner.

3. How has Micky gotten rich by Part 3, Chapter 2?
(a) He has taken a commission on every bond.
(b) He has stolen money from the ministry.
(c) He has worked hard.
(d) He has swindled people out of their money.

4. To whom does Maisie take Emily to find answers to her questions that she poses at the afternoon tea?
(a) April.
(b) Nellie.
(c) Augusta.
(d) Rachel.

5. What does Hugh tell the family that they must do after the bank folds?
(a) Dismiss their servants; sell their houses.
(b) Sell what they can and keep the money.
(c) Take all of their personal belongings and hide them.
(d) Come to the bank to get what cash they can.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maisie ask of Hugh after they return from Bertie's school in Part 3, Chapter 1?

2. What is Maisie and Dan's conversation about with the guests at the wedding in Part 3, Chapter 3?

3. What does Hugh give Dotty for her dowry?

4. Why can't Maisie walk the half mile to the dinner party in Part 2, Chapter 3?

5. Why does Tonio come back to London in Part 2, Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occurs between Maisie and Ben Greenbourne after Solly's death?

2. How does Hugh want to handle the failing of the bank with his family members? How do they respond?

3. What becomes of Edward, Augusta, Hugh, Maisie, Dan and Rachel?

4. What happens between Solly, Edward and Micky in Part 2, Chapter 5?

5. Why are Hugh's children home alone when Maisie arrives in Part 3, Chapter 4?

6. What does Maisie discover about the incident at the ball, and how does she make the discovery?

7. What does Emily do to attempt to have Edward's child, and how does it all backfire?

8. Hugh makes a major decision about his future after he speaks to Ben in Part 2, Chapter 5. What is the decision? Why does he make it? What is the outcome?

9. What happens with the bonds that the bank was going to sell in order to loan Micky the money? Who is behind the deceit, and what happens to him?

10. How does Micky escape the authorities and still wind up dead?

(see the answer keys)

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