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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Archie's wife die?
(a) She choked on a blueberry muffin.
(b) She dies in an asylum of natural causes.
(c) She kills herself.
(d) In an explosion.

2. Who watches Thea and Ottenburg have their first kiss?
(a) Henry Biltmer.
(b) Wunsch.
(c) Dr. Archie.
(d) A herd of deer.

3. Before she leaves for Germany, what does Thea make Ottenburg promise?
(a) To send her a letter every day.
(b) To divorce his wife.
(c) To pay Archie back if she is unable.
(d) To visit her as soon as possible.

4. What does Thea do on the train back to Chicago after she visits Moonstone for the first time?
(a) Gets kicked off because she forgot her ticket.
(b) Meets a handsome gentleman.
(c) Sleeps the entire trip.
(d) Cries.

5. What kind of meeting is Archie attending when he receives a letter from Thea asking for money?
(a) A doctor's meeting.
(b) A government meeting.
(c) A family meeting.
(d) A stockholder meeting.

6. How does Thea feel she learns from the native cave dwellers?
(a) By dreaming about them at night.
(b) By studying their writings.
(c) By being in their homes.
(d) By holding seances.

7. How does Thea pay for her keep in Chicago when she comes back from Moonstone?
(a) Provides piano for some of Bower's students.
(b) Works at a church position.
(c) Both of these answers are correct.
(d) Works as a maid.

8. What does Thea update Archie on when they finally see each other in New York?
(a) What happened to her voice.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) The story of her and Archie.
(d) Her regret at not sticking with piano.

9. How does Archie become wealthy?
(a) He is a doctor, and doctors naturally make a lot of money.
(b) He saves a lot of money.
(c) One of his mines produces a lot of silver.
(d) He wins the lottery.

10. What does Landry think of Thea's singing?
(a) He faints every time he listens.
(b) He is impressed.
(c) He is not impressed.
(d) He mourns it, since he is deaf and cannot hear.

11. What do the Nathanmeyers provide Thea in Chicago?
(a) A place to live and a servant.
(b) A modeling job.
(c) A piano teaching position for their children.
(d) A paying job and some nice clothes.

12. What do Spanish Johnny and Thea talk about when they see each other again after Thea returns from Chicago?
(a) His family.
(b) Her family.
(c) Wunsch.
(d) Music.

13. What does Archie say to Ottenburg about how Thea sings?
(a) That it brings him to tears every night.
(b) That he is disappointed in how her voice really isn't all she thinks it is.
(c) That her voice is going so he better get to New York.
(d) That it makes the listener appreciate the music.

14. Why does Thea resent Mrs. Priest?
(a) Because she is a better singer than Thea.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) Because she is cruel to Thea.
(d) Because she doesn't recognize her own shortcomings.

15. What happens to Ottenburg's first wife?
(a) She kills herself.
(b) She runs off with another man to Mexico.
(c) She disappears.
(d) She is in an asylum.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Moonstone feel about Thea once she becomes famous?

2. What does Thea tell Bowers she does not want to do for more money?

3. How does Thea measure things even though she is famous and wealthy by the time the novel concludes?

4. What does Archie make sure he has before he heads to New York?

5. Who is Landry?

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