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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hugh marry Nora?
(a) He wanted to spend the rest of his life holding her hand.
(b) To make his family angry.
(c) Because he loves her.
(d) To forget Maisie.

2. Why does Samuel give in to Augusta's threats about his sexuality?
(a) He does not want the bank to be hurt.
(b) He does not want his father to be hurt.
(c) He is afraid of her.
(d) He does not care about the bank.

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

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

5. What does Albert Cammel's letter to Hugh reveal?
(a) That Micky and Augusta have a deeper relationship.
(b) That Albert will testify against Edward.
(c) That Edward drowned Peter.
(d) That Micky and Edward had been telling the truth about the drowning.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hugh feel about the ratting?

2. Solly's parents do NOT like Maisie for all of the following reasons except for which one?

3. Why do Maisie and Hugh go into Augusta's house in Part 1, Chapter 4?

4. Why does Hugh go with Micky and Edward to Nellie's?

5. What does Papa tell Micky that he has planned for Micky's future?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Micky do to Seth in Part 1, Chapter 5? Why?

2. What is the setting of the novel, and how does it affect the storyline immediately?

3. What happens to Hugh in Part 1, Chapter 5?

4. What kind of a character is Carlos Miranda?

5. Why has Hugh come back from America in Part 2? (Be specific as to his goals.)

6. In Part 1, Chapter 2, how does Augusta continue to manipulate what happens at the bank concerning the naming of the Senior Partner?

7. What happens between Micky and Augusta in the church? What is the significance of their conversation?

8. In Part 1, Chapter 5, what has happened with Maisie since she last saw Hugh?

9. Why does Hugh go to the Greenbourne's for a job?

10. What does Micky do to finalize the demise of Tonio?

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