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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Solly take the train and the bus in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) He has no money.
(b) He wants to experience the other side.
(c) He does not want Maisie to feel badly by taking a carriage.
(d) Because he is with Maisie who is poor.

2. Why do Micky and Edward go to Nellie's in Part 1, Chapter 2?
(a) To drink.
(b) To play baccarat.
(c) To smoke.
(d) To find girlfriends.

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

4. What kind of a woman is Augusta Pilaster?
(a) Overbearing.
(b) Easily swayed.
(c) Weak, yet beautiful.
(d) Strong and beautiful.

5. What does Papa tell Micky that he has planned for Micky's future?
(a) That Micky will become a general in Cordova.
(b) That Micky will run the ranch in Cordova.
(c) That Micky will become a soldier.
(d) That Micky will become President of Cordova.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hugh and his mother speak frankly for the first time about all of the following except for what?

2. What types of people went to the horse races in London in the late 1800s?

3. Solly's parents do NOT like Maisie for all of the following reasons except for which one?

4. What sits at the top of the new Pilaster house?

5. Why did Pilaster and Co. shut down?

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