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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. In Part 2, Chapter 5, what simile does Follett use to speak of how Augusta feels about Joseph's new title?
(a) She "was like a hen that had laid an egg."
(b) She "was as pleased as punch."
(c) She "was like a child on her birthday."
(d) She "was as happy as a lark."

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

3. Where do Edward and Augusta spend the rest of Edward's life?
(a) Lima, Peru.
(b) Cordova.
(c) Jail.
(d) The south of France.

4. What does Edward tell Micky about Whitehaven?
(a) He needs to move away from his mother.
(b) The house is too small.
(c) He hates the house.
(d) Emily has moved back in.

5. Who does not take Augusta's side against Hugh in Part 3?
(a) Madeleine.
(b) Nora.
(c) George.
(d) Clementine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maisie find out from Count Tokoly?

2. Where do Hugh and Nora move to in Part 2, Chapter 4?

3. What does Augusta ask Lady Morte to do to help Joseph get the peerage?

4. What does Hugh think about telling Ben in Part 3, Chapter 3?

5. What does Emily want to discuss with Maisie after one of her afternoon teas in Part 2, Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Hugh piece together in Part 3, and what does he do with the information? How is it received?

3. Where does Hugh find Tonio in Part 2, Chapter 4, and what does Tonio finally tell Hugh?

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

5. What changes have come into Emily's life by Part 3?

6. What has become of Edward's and Micky's marriages by Part 2, Chapter 5?

7. What schemes does Augusta come up with once she learns that Ben will be given the peerage and not Joseph?

8. What deal do the partners come up with so that Edward's first request as Senior Partner goes through, but so the bank won't be compromised?

9. 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?

10. With what question does Emily go to Maisie for help in Part 2, Chapter 3? Why Maisie? What does Maisie do to help her?

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