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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the penitentiary consider to be the only remedy for the criminals there?
(a) Bad food and a lot of work.
(b) Good nutrition and the Bible.
(c) Thrashing and religion.
(d) Keeping them isolated.

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

3. How is Jordan feeling about his research in Chapter 4?
(a) Very excited.
(b) Motivated.
(c) Cautious and having doubts.
(d) Indifferent.

4. At what lake is Dr. Jordan looking in Chapter 4?
(a) Lake Ontario.
(b) Lake Michigan.
(c) Lake Erie.
(d) Lake Superior.

5. What book does the governor’s wife have that tells of fashion in the United States?
(a) Blackwell’s Dresses and Accessories.
(b) The Fashion and Style Display Art.
(c) The Ladies Home Journal.
(d) Godey’s Ladies’ Books.

6. What color are Grace’s eyes?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Hazel.

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

8. What do the two guards who escort Grace to the governor’s house say is the best alcoholic drink to make a woman want sex?
(a) Gin.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Tequila.
(d) Bourbon.

9. How many siblings does Grace say she has?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

10. How much of her first month wages did Grace give her father?
(a) all of them.
(b) A half.
(c) A quarter.
(d) None.

11. What happens to Mrs. Humphreys’s housekeeper?
(a) Nothing.
(b) She dies.
(c) She moves to get married.
(d) She quits.

12. What position did James McDermott hold at the Kinnear home?
(a) Gardener.
(b) Butler.
(c) Field laborer.
(d) Stable hand.

13. What does the peddler say quietly to Grace about who she is?
(a) She comes from across the waters but is at home anywhere.
(b) She is one of who he is.
(c) She is the fallen Eve.
(d) She will have a long, happy life because she is descended from angels.

14. Where was McDermott hanged?
(a) Ontario.
(b) Victoria.
(c) New York.
(d) Toronto.

15. What does Mary tell Grace is the reason the servants use the back stairs?
(a) So they won't be seen.
(b) Because the servants can talk amongst themselves without the rich hearing.
(c) Because the rich people need to use the front stairs so they won’t make a nuisance of themselves.
(d) Because the back stairs are the shortest way to anywhere and it saves on servants’ legs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of meeting is at the governor’s house on Tuesdays?

2. What does Mary think Grace should do instead of being a servant?

3. Why does the peddler give Grace one button more than she buys?

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

5. What does Mary Whitney say about her grandmother?

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