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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Augusta lie to Lady Stalworthy about?
(a) She says Hugh is a gambler.
(b) She says Hugh's father was mentally ill.
(c) She says Hugh has had many women.
(d) She says Hugh wants Florence for her money.

2. Why does Carlos want Micky to stay in London?
(a) To marry into the Pilaster family.
(b) To keep him away from his brother, Paulo.
(c) To sell nitrate for him.
(d) To get money from the banks for him.

3. What sits at the top of the new Pilaster house?
(a) A diamond shaped gable.
(b) An angel.
(c) A stone ship.
(d) A bank.

4. Why does Maisie leave home in the Prologue?
(a) Her brother, Danny, runs away.
(b) She hates her father.
(c) She is hungry.
(d) She does not want her mother to starve for her.

5. Why does Hugh go with Micky and Edward to Nellie's?
(a) He is curious.
(b) They laugh at him when he says he won't go.
(c) They make him go.
(d) He hopes to find a woman there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joseph Pilaster collect?

2. Who wins the ratting bet in Part 1, Chapter 2?

3. How does Hugh feel about the ratting?

4. What is ratting?

5. To where does Danny run away in the Prologue?

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