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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 sign do the villagers make in Beatrice's presence?
(a) The victory sign.
(b) A bow or curtsy.
(c) A sign to ward off witches.
(d) The peace sign.

2. Who does the wheat doll resemble this year?
(a) Julia and Richard.
(b) John.
(c) Celia.
(d) Beatrice and Harry.

3. How much medicine does Beatrice tell Celia to give Mama at a certain time?
(a) Two capsules at bedtime.
(b) The whole bottle.
(c) Two teaspoons before dinner.
(d) One drop before bedtime.

4. What had been a tradition for generations regarding the wheat harvest which Beatrice no longer honors?
(a) A harvest ball is held on the last night of the reaping.
(b) The oldest boys may drive the horses.
(c) The young children earn prizes during harvest games.
(d) The reapers may take what is left over from the harvest.

5. Where do John and Beatrice live after their wedding?
(a) At John's home.
(b) In a country cottage.
(c) At Wideacre.
(d) In Dublin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following activities do the people of Wideacre NOT use the common grounds?

2. What is Ralph doing when Beatrice walks out of the house?

3. Who is able to inherit Wideacre now that the entail is complete?

4. Which of the following does Beatrice NOT think after she is left alone in the house?

5. What news does Harry break to Beatrice in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Beatrice deceive Celia into thinking that Wideacre has fallen on hard times?

2. What is revealed about the characters in the Epilogue?

3. How does Beatrice try to abort another child?

4. What does John confront Beatrice on when he returns home?

5. Explain how the impending storm is a metaphor for Beatrice's death?

6. How does Beatrice manipulate Harry into a plan to buy out the entail on Wideacre so that Julia and Richard will one day inherit the estate?

7. How does the story end?

8. Why does Celia reject Beatrice's plan for Julia's inheritance of Wideacre?

9. What does Beatrice tell Celia to coerce her to support John's being sent away for alcohol abuse treatment?

10. How does Beatrice reinforce her ploy to have John sent away by planting a bottle of liquor in his room?

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