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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hugh decide to do with his future after the Nora incident in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Go back to Boston.
(b) Go work for Greenbourne.
(c) Work harder to regain his family's acceptance.
(d) Take time off.

2. Why does Augusta show her new bedroom to Madeleine?
(a) She wants to show off her new Japanese style.
(b) Because they are good friends who share everything.
(c) She wants Madeleine to help her ruin Samuel.
(d) She wants Madeleine to help her keep Hugh down.

3. To where does Danny run away in the Prologue?
(a) America.
(b) Gdansk.
(c) London.
(d) Newcastle.

4. Where is Hugh packing to go to as Part I, Chapter 5 opens?
(a) Paris.
(b) Moscow.
(c) New York.
(d) Boston.

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

6. How does Micky get Tonio to offer him his job in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) He blackmails Tonio.
(b) He convinces Tonio that he is his friend.
(c) He gets Tonio to believe he will be sent back to Cordova.
(d) Tonio is afraid of what Micky can do to him.

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

8. What is Tonio's plan to ruin the Mirandas' plan?
(a) Run an editorial explaining the condition in the mines.
(b) Purchase guns to start a war against them.
(c) Blackmail the Mirandas.
(d) Personally convince the bank not to lend them money.

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

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

11. Where does Micky now reside in Part I, Chapter 1?
(a) At the university.
(b) Edward's house.
(c) London.
(d) Cordova.

12. What does Augusta reveal to Micky at the end of Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) That a lawyer is looking into the drowning of Peter.
(b) That she knows he killed Peter.
(c) That she is afraid for Micky about the drowning.
(d) That she wants him.

13. Why is Micky afraid of his father?
(a) He has done heinous things to those who have gone against him.
(b) He is ignorant and angry.
(c) He has beaten Micky many times.
(d) He can force Micky to go back to Mexico.

14. Who wins the ratting bet in Part 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Hugh.
(b) Tonio.
(c) Edward.
(d) Micky.

15. What position is Hugh an assistant to in Part I, Chapter 3?
(a) Junior Partner.
(b) Senior Partner.
(c) Correspondence Clerk.
(d) The Principal Clerk.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 1, what does Augusta want for herself and Joseph that she manipulates to get?

2. What does Micky decide to do in Part 2, Chapter 1 to get Edward to marry?

3. How does Joseph react to the incident with Nora in Part 2, Chapter 2?

4. What lie does Augusta tell Madeleine while riding in the park in Part 1, Chapter 3?

5. Where does Hugh meet Nora?

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