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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the poem say is how Grace convinced McDermott to murder?
(a) That she will tell him where the gold in the house is hidden.
(b) That she will be his lover.
(c) That she will tell him where his brother lives.
(d) Blackmail.

2. Why does a doctor want to measure the heads of criminals?
(a) To see if they are less intelligent than law abiding citizens.
(b) There is no doctor who measures heads.
(c) To see if he can tell what kind of crime they have committed.
(d) To see if their skulls are deformed.

3. Where does the governor’s oldest daughter live?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) India.
(c) England.
(d) New York.

4. What does Nancy say she will give Grace if Grace will not kill her, according to the poem?
(a) Three dresses.
(b) A purse of gold.
(c) A horse and money to leave.
(d) Nancy will leave and Grace can have Kinnear.

5. 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) Nothing, she is not there.
(c) Introduces him as a distant cousin to friends.
(d) Flirts with him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Reverend Verringer paying Dr. Jordan to work with Grace?

3. Where does Grace work at the prison?

4. What is in the scrapbook the governor’s wife keeps?

5. What does Jordan believe about Verringer’s relationship with Grace?

(see the answer key)

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