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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Emily spend all of her time in Part 2, Chapter 5?
(a) In an apartment in the city.
(b) In a country house.
(c) At her parent's house.
(d) With Rachel.

2. What does Solly love to watch Maisie do, as described in Part 2, Chapter 3?
(a) Dance.
(b) Entertain their friends.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Get dressed.

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

4. Who does Hugh believe is behind the fraud at the bank in Part 3?
(a) Augusta.
(b) Micky.
(c) Simon.
(d) Edward.

5. Where do Edward and Augusta spend the rest of Edward's life?
(a) Jail.
(b) Cordova.
(c) The south of France.
(d) Lima, Peru.

6. What does the Prince of Wales tell Maisie that he will do for her?
(a) Speak with Augusta.
(b) Tell Augusta to stay away from Nora.
(c) Forgive Augusta.
(d) Ignore Augusta.

7. In what month does Dorothy marry and the bank collapses?
(a) December.
(b) February.
(c) January.
(d) November.

8. How old is Hugh in Part 3 of the novel?
(a) 25.
(b) 37.
(c) 42.
(d) 30.

9. Why does Micky follow Solly from the club after he argues with Edward?
(a) He wants to rat out Edward.
(b) He plans on killing him.
(c) He wants to explain that poor people will suffer if he pulls the loan.
(d) He wants to frighten him into giving him the loan.

10. What does Emily want to discuss with Maisie after one of her afternoon teas in Part 2, Chapter 3?
(a) Edward's visits to Nellie's
(b) Augusta's attitude toward her marriage to Edward.
(c) Edward's relationship with Micky.
(d) Personal problems with Edward.

11. 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.

12. What news does Edward give Micky when MIcky tells him that he is leaving the country?
(a) Edward will not go with Micky.
(b) Edward loves Micky.
(c) Edward loathes Micky.
(d) Edward has syphilis.

13. How does Micky respond to what Emily does to trick Edward?
(a) He calls for April to come fetch Emily.
(b) He leaves the room.
(c) He laughs heartily.
(d) He yells obscenities.

14. Where does Bertie go to school?
(a) Kensingon Methodist.
(b) Folkestone.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Windfield.

15. In Part 2, Chapter 4, under what name does Micky intend to travel?
(a) Tonio Silva.
(b) Edward Pilaster.
(c) Hugh Pilaster.
(d) M.R. Andrews.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ben Greenbourne go to Windfield in the Epilogue?

2. What does Maisie ask of Hugh after they return from Bertie's school in Part 3, Chapter 1?

3. What is the last place that Hugh visits?

4. 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?

5. Why can't Maisie walk the half mile to the dinner party in Part 2, Chapter 3?

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