View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lydia do when Jordan comes to the governor’s home?
(a) Asks him if he is interested in Grace as more than just a patient.
(b) Introduces him as a distant cousin to friends.
(c) Nothing, she is not there.
(d) Flirts with him.

2. Why is Reverend Verringer paying Dr. Jordan to work with Grace?
(a) His family was friends with Mary Whitney.
(b) He is fighting for Grace to be released from prison.
(c) His Bishop told him to do that.
(d) Grace is a distant relative.

3. How old is Grace at the beginning of Alias Grace?
(a) 23.
(b) 21.
(c) 20.
(d) 24.

4. Who first comes to the door after the murders?
(a) A peddler.
(b) Two boys looking for work.
(c) The neighbor.
(d) The pastor of the church.

5. Why are the inmates given little meat to eat?
(a) The doctors say women should not eat much meat because it is a manly food.
(b) Meat is too expensive.
(c) The doctors say it stimulates the criminal part of the brain.
(d) The cook steals the meat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the penitentiary consider to be the only remedy for the criminals there?

2. What does Jordan see as the main difference between European and North American servants?

3. What did Grace’s lawyer tell the court about her?

4. What kind of flowers are growing out of the gravel at the beginning of Chapter 1?

5. What is the name of the prison where Grace is an inmate?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 299 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample