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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who shows up at the costume ball and questions Hugh?
(a) The men from the New York bank.
(b) Nora's parents.
(c) Peter Middleton's brother.
(d) Maisie's brother, Danny.

2. What news of Seth does Augusta give Micky when he comes to tea in Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) Seth will give Micky his loan.
(b) Seth's health is failing.
(c) Seth's health has improved.
(d) Seth has resigned from the bank.

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

4. How does Augusta manage to get Maisie to stay away from Hugh?
(a) Maisie knows Augusta will ruin Hugh by using her.
(b) Augusta tells Maisie that Hugh loves another woman.
(c) Augusta threatens her.
(d) Augusta pays her.

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

6. Why won't Pilaster bank loan Carlos Miranda money?
(a) They don't know if he is legitimate or not.
(b) He wants to purchase arms with it.
(c) He does not live in England.
(d) He is Spanish.

7. Maisie doesn't want to be Solly's wife or mistress for all of the reasons except for which one?
(a) She is not in love with him.
(b) He is fat.
(c) He is rich.
(d) He is too nice to deceive.

8. Why is Papa so angry with Micky in Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) He still has not gotten Papa his loan.
(b) Micky calls Papa a barbarian.
(c) Micky does not want Papa to wage war in Cordova.
(d) Micky does not want to back to Cordova.

9. How does Micky kill Seth?
(a) He stabs him.
(b) He frightens him into a heart attack.
(c) He poisons him.
(d) He suffocates him with his pillow.

10. In Part 1, Chapter 1, how many years have passed since the Prologue?
(a) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 25.

11. What does Augusta discuss with Lady Morte that offends the Lady?
(a) Young men.
(b) Sex.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Money.

12. Who do Edward, Micky and Hugh meet in the Argyll Room?
(a) Call girls.
(b) Micky's father, Carlos.
(c) Friends from high school.
(d) Danny Robinson.

13. What does Tonio do for a "living"?
(a) He is an attache to the Codorvan Minister in London.
(b) He is an ambassador.
(c) He is a diplomat.
(d) He is a gambler.

14. Who helps Micky cover up the murder?
(a) The nurse.
(b) Edward.
(c) Augusta.
(d) Papa.

15. What types of people went to the horse races in London in the late 1800s?
(a) Just the weathy.
(b) Just the poor.
(c) Just the working class.
(d) All types.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Solly ask Maisie at the races?

2. What does Maisie discover about herself in Part I, Chapter 5?

3. How does Augusta set up Nora at the ball?

4. What does Danny come to tell Maisie in Part 2, Chapter 1?

5. Why does Solly take the train and the bus in Part 1, Chapter 4?

(see the answer keys)

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