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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jacob?
(a) Daniel's younger brother.
(b) Daniel's long-lost cousin.
(c) Lydia's illegitimate son.
(d) The youngster who lives with Mordecai.

2. What does Daniel come to think about Lydia?
(a) He believes that she is a greedy blackmailer.
(b) He believes that the situation might be true.
(c) He believes that she is going to die soon anyway, so he should just stop worrying about her.
(d) He believes that she should be sent far away.

3. Not counting Daniel, how many children does Daniel's mother now have?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Ten.

4. Who is also in the room when Mordecai tells his life story to Daniel?
(a) Gwendolyn, although no one knows that she is there.
(b) A reporter who is chronicling their story.
(c) Mirah.
(d) No one.

5. Where does Daniel have to travel to retrieve his family chest?
(a) Genoa.
(b) Mainz.
(c) Paris.
(d) America.

6. What does Gwendolyn confess to Daniel while they are at the Abbey?
(a) That she is bothered by the idea of Lydia.
(b) All of the answer choices are correct.
(c) That she is miserable.
(d) That she does not know what to do.

7. Who does Daniel request help from in opening and translating the chest?
(a) Mordecai.
(b) Sir Hugo.
(c) Gwendolyn.
(d) Mirah.

8. What type of arrangements does Grandcourt refuse to discuss with Gwendolyn?
(a) The type that deal with housekeeping.
(b) The type that deal with their children since he categorizes that as women's work.
(c) Financial type.
(d) Romantic type.

9. When Daniel's mother does arrive, when does she request to see him?
(a) Not for another week.
(b) The very next day.
(c) She never requests to see him.
(d) Right away.

10. Who tells Daniel that his mother wants to meet him?
(a) Gwendolyn.
(b) Sir Hugo.
(c) Mordecai.
(d) Grandcourt.

11. Who tells the Cohen family that Mordecai's missing family has been found?
(a) Mordecai.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Both of the answer choices are correct.
(d) Neither of the answer choices are correct.

12. How does Eliot make it clear that Rex has gotten over Gwendolyn?
(a) He does not. Rex has really never stopped loving Gwedolyn.
(b) Rex simply tells Gwendolyn that he is no longer in love with her.
(c) Eliot states that Rex is happily married to someone else.
(d) Eliot claims that Rex is now throwing himself into his studies.

13. Who follows Mirah home one day?
(a) Mrs. Davilow.
(b) Daniel.
(c) A reporter.
(d) Her father.

14. Who does Hans realize to be loved by Mirah?
(a) Himself.
(b) The baker.
(c) No one.
(d) Daniel.

15. What does Mirah realize about Mordecai when she first sees him?
(a) That he is ill.
(b) That he is a man who once robbed her on the subway.
(c) That he is not a man to be trusted.
(d) That he in fact is not her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mrs. Meyrick report as being happier since Hans' arrival?

2. What do the Cohens think about Mordecai reuniting with his sister?

3. Where does Grandcourt want Gwendolyn's family to live?

4. How does Grandcourt react to how Gwendolyn is talking to Daniel at the Abbey?

5. What does Daniel learn about his father?

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