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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Jupiter—Chapter 8, Plumstead Episcopi.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Harding's first name?
(a) Charles.
(b) Septimus.
(c) Francis.
(d) Exeter,

2. What is the name of the beadsman who mutters "he didn't know" over and over?
(a) Tommy White.
(b) David Martin.
(c) Samuel Townsend.
(d) Billy Gazy.

3. How many readers does the newspaper that publishes a story about the lawsuit against the warden have, as estimated by the narrator?
(a) 600,000.
(b) 800,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 100,000.

4. Grantly compares the newspaper that speaks badly of the warden to what in Russia?
(a) Snow.
(b) Spies.
(c) The Czar.
(d) Communism.

5. What is Grantly's oldest daughter called?
(a) Melissa.
(b) Florinda.
(c) Loraine.
(d) Patricia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the old men's home where Harding works?

2. How long ago does Harding guess that he probably read Hiram's will?

3. Who says, "You know how fond I am of sacred music"?

4. What is the name of the newspaper that publishes a story about the lawsuit against the warden?

5. How many copies of the newspaper that publishes a story about the lawsuit against the warden are sold each time it comes out?

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