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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Samuel think of the offer that Hugh made to Cammel?
(a) He fires Hugh for insubordination.
(b) He is angry at Hugh's taking charge.
(c) He admires Hugh's precociousness.
(d) He laughs about it and tells Hugh not to do it again.

2. Why does Hugh tell Edward that his mother is looking for him?
(a) To be alone with Florence.
(b) To show Augusta that she is not in control.
(c) To be alone with Rachel.
(d) To make Edward mad.

3. What does Augusta know as Samuel Pilaster's weakness?
(a) Women.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Gambling.
(d) A young man.

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

5. What does Joseph Pilaster collect?
(a) Jeweled rings.
(b) Jeweled snuff boxes.
(c) Ivory pipes.
(d) Peacock feathers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What class of people generally go to the Argyll Room?

2. What position is Hugh an assistant to in Part I, Chapter 3?

3. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what "secret" does Samuel know that he says may come back to haunt Augusta?

4. Why does Augusta show her new bedroom to Madeleine?

5. Why is Micky afraid of his father?

(see the answer key)

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