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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. What kind of relationship do Mordecai and Daniel develop after Daniel pawns his ring?
(a) One of suspicion.
(b) None. No relationship is formed between them.
(c) One of animosity.
(d) A close one.

2. Why does Mirah dress in her poorest dress as she prepares to meet her brother?
(a) Because she knows her that her brother does not have any money.
(b) Out of deference.
(c) Because she does not want to make her brother uncomfortable.
(d) All of the answer choices are correct.

3. Whom does Grandcourt make fun of to Gwendolyn?
(a) Her cousins.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her uncle's family.
(d) Her younger siblings.

4. What does Daniel plan to do once he realizes that he has found Mirah's lost family?
(a) Help them live together.
(b) Publish the story of his journey in the local paper.
(c) Blackmail them so that he can get some money out of the situation.
(d) Make sure that they do not find each other; it would upset everyone involved.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon whose request does Sir Hugo keep Daniel's parentage a secret?

2. In a letter to Daniel, who does Hans report to have recently visited his family?

3. How does Daniel tell Mordecai and Mirah that he is going to see his mother?

4. Even though they have arrived to his uncle's house earlier in the day, when does Daniel finally see Grandcourt and Gwendolyn?

5. Whom does Hans confess to have fallen in love with to Daniel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Daniel's mother tell him about her heritage?

2. What does Gwendolyn tell Sir Hugo about what Grandcourt has left her?

3. Why had Daniel's mother marry so quickly?

4. What does Sir Hugo confess to Daniel about his reason for keeping Daniel's parentage in secret for so long?

5. What does Sir Hugo think about Gwendolyn and Daniel after Grandcourt passes away?

6. How does Daniel's mother misrepresent Daniel's identity to her servants?

7. How did Daniel's mother come to find out about him as an adult?

8. What does Mordecai say about the Mrs. Cohen's older daughter when Daniel first asks about her?

9. What does Daniel tell his mother when he first sees her?

10. What does Joseph Kalonymos talk to Daniel about before he hands over the family chest?

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