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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has become of Maisie and Hugh in the Epilogue?
(a) They raise the children together but don't marry.
(b) They go their separate ways.
(c) They marry after Nora leaves.
(d) They remain friends.

2. What news does Nora give Hugh in Part 2, Chapter 5 that stops Hugh from making a major decision about his future?
(a) She wants to leave him.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She threatens Maisie if Hugh should leave her.
(d) She knows Bertie is his.

3. Whose funeral is being attended in Part 3, Chapter 1?
(a) Tonio.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Seth.
(d) Tobias.

4. What is never discovered about Micky in the end of the book?
(a) His killing of Peter.
(b) How his body got in the trunk.
(c) His involvement in the revolution.
(d) His killing of Seth.

5. Why do Hugh and Samuel decide to resign from the bank?
(a) They want to open a bank of their own.
(b) Because the bank is backing Cordova.
(c) Because Edward is named Senior Partner.
(d) They want to work with the Greenbournes.

6. Why is Solly so angry with Edward in Part 2, Chapter 5?
(a) Solly discovered what he did to Emily.
(b) Solly knows that the railroad investment is no good.
(c) Solly knows how he has fought against Hugh.
(d) Solly knows that he and Augusta were behind the articles about Ben.

7. What compromise do the partners come to regarding Micky's loan?
(a) They will loan him half of what he asked for.
(b) It is worth the risk.
(c) They will ask for a higher commission.
(d) They will sell the bonds first and then give Micky the money they have made.

8. What does Hugh think about telling Ben in Part 3, Chapter 3?
(a) That Micky killed Solly.
(b) That Bertie is Hugh's son.
(c) That Solly never loved his father.
(d) That Ben is a mean old man.

9. What were the Mirandas planning on doing with the money they wanted to obtain from Pilaster's Bank?
(a) Open more mines.
(b) Build a harbor.
(c) Build another railroad.
(d) Lay seige to the capital of Cordova.

10. Who does not take Augusta's side against Hugh in Part 3?
(a) Clementine.
(b) Nora.
(c) Madeleine.
(d) George.

11. What personal matter is Ben dealing with in Part 3, Chapter 3, after the close of the bank?
(a) A struggle over losing Bertie.
(b) Health issues.
(c) His granddaughter is missing.
(d) Financial problems.

12. What does Maisie find out from Count Tokoly?
(a) That Augusta asked the Count to make a scene with Nora.
(b) That Augusta told the Count that Nora was susceptible.
(c) That Micky had a hand in the situation at the costume ball.
(d) That Nora made a pass at the Count.

13. What does Augusta ask Hobbes to do to help her get Joseph the peerage?
(a) To write a slanderous piece against Ben.
(b) To write a slanderous piece against Jews.
(c) To write that a Chistian banker is needed.
(d) To write a glowing piece for Joseph.

14. What becomes of the argument between Micky and Rachel after the small dinner party Rachel had given for the Foreign Ministry?
(a) They kiss and make up.
(b) Micky promises to be better but leaves.
(c) Rachel leaves Micky.
(d) Micky locks her in a room.

15. What does Hugh do to try to save Pilaster's reputation?
(a) He tries to get the Cordovan government to pay the loans.
(b) He goes to Tonio for help.
(c) He writes an article for the newspaper.
(d) He goes to Ben for help.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Micky angry that he runs into Hugh when he returns to the club to play cards with Edward in Part 2, Chapter 5?

2. In Part 2, Chapter 3, why does Sidney Madler come to London to see Joseph?

3. How does Micky persuade Edward to secretly give him the loan in Part 3?

4. Why is Augusta in a wheelchair in the Epilogue?

5. Where does Emily spend all of her time in Part 2, Chapter 5?

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