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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Augusta get invited to the Duchess' costume ball?
(a) She has Maisie get her tickets.
(b) She gets Lady Morte to get her tickets.
(c) She has Micky get her tickets.
(d) She has Joseph get her tickets.

3. How does Maisie initially react to Hugh and Nora's romance?
(a) She believes Nora is using Hugh.
(b) She thinks Nora is madly in love with Hugh.
(c) She thinks Nora is too low class for Hugh.
(d) She believes the two will do well together.

4. What system does Hugh come up with at the bank to organize papers?
(a) Filing.
(b) Accounts receivable tray.
(c) An input/output tray.
(d) A special paper tray.

5. 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.

6. Why are the boys in detention in the Prologue of the book?
(a) One of them was insubordinate.
(b) They swam in the watering hole.
(c) They were boisterous in class.
(d) Someone stole money.

7. Why is Tonio crying when he meets up with Hugh in the woods?
(a) Peter drowned.
(b) Edward beat him up.
(c) He could not find his clothes.
(d) Micky tried to drown him.

8. What happens in the park that draws Maisie closer to Hugh?
(a) Someone tries to rob them.
(b) A carriage almost runs them over and Hugh pushes Maisie out of its way.
(c) He protects her from ruffians.
(d) Augusta confronts them and Hugh stands up to her.

9. What does Maisie learn of Hugh at the lawyer's office in Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) He has left the country.
(b) He has married someone else.
(c) He has died.
(d) He has lost his job.

10. Where does Hugh meet Nora?
(a) In a bakery.
(b) She stumbles into him on the street.
(c) At the Greenbourne's house.
(d) At a club.

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

12. What is the conversation about during tea in Part I, Chapter 5?
(a) Seth's health.
(b) Joseph's new appointment at the bank.
(c) The financial crisis.
(d) Hugh.

13. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what job does Maisie find?
(a) She will sell horses in the park and be paid for showing them.
(b) She will clean horse stables.
(c) She will be a chamber maid.
(d) She will ride horses in the park for entertainment.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Hugh tell Edward that his mother is looking for him?

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

4. What does Samuel think of the offer that Hugh made to Cammel?

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

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