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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money did Malcolm make in the stock market that day?
(a) Twenty-four thousand dollars.
(b) Fifty thousand dollars.
(c) He didn't make any money in the stock market.
(d) Twenty-six thousand dollars.

2. Mr. Patterson needed help with what?
(a) Settling a poker bet.
(b) Settling a business deal.
(c) Taking his drunken wife out to the car.
(d) Breaking up a fight.

3. What thought cheered Olivia when she had seen the small room where she was to work?
(a) That Malcolm must have had a reason for her to be there.
(b) Both of these.
(c) Perhaps Malcolm had wanted her closer to him.
(d) Neither of these.

4. What did Olivia think that she might gain out of Garland's new wife?
(a) Someone to go to for advice.
(b) An ally.
(c) All of these.
(d) A mothering figure.

5. What did attics represent to Olivia?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Mystery.
(c) Both of these.
(d) History.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Malcolm lose his mother?

2. What did Olivia represent?

3. What was Olivia not to discuss at the table?

4. At what age was Olivia already considered a spinster?

5. What mountains were "looming like sleeping giants?"

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