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

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

3. What correspondence is sent between Hugh and Florence in Part 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Letters from the court telling Hugh that there is an injuction.
(b) Letters of inquiry as to why she won't see him.
(c) Letters from Florence concerning Rachel.
(d) Letters of inquiry as to why he won't see her.

4. 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 believes the two will do well together.
(d) She thinks Nora is too low class for Hugh.

5. How does Hugh help Sir John Cammel and himself at the same time in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) He offered Cammel stocks.
(b) He offered Cammel the opportunity to buy Russian bonds.
(c) He offered to cash Cammel's check.
(d) He offered Cammel a better loan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is ratting?

2. What position is Hugh an assistant to in Part I, Chapter 3?

3. What sits at the top of the new Pilaster house?

4. Why does Mr. Offerton send Hugh to the schoolmaster's office when he sees him in the courtyard in the Prologue?

5. What does Albert Cammel's letter to Hugh reveal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What more does Hugh know about Peter's drowning in Part 1, Chapter 3, now that he has corresponded with Albert Cammel, the fourth boy that was swimming that day?

2. What does Nora do wrong at the costume ball, and how does she get into the predicament in the first place?

3. What information does Tonio bring to Hugh in Part 2, Chapter 2, and what does he tell him of Tonio's plans?

4. How does Micky take control and keep control over the baccarat game?

5. Who is Augusta now manipulating in Part 2, and why?

6. What do the letters to Florence and the feelings of Hugh's that follow tell you about their relationship?

7. What kind of a character is Augusta?

8. What is the tale of Maisie and Danny, and what is its tie in to the boys at the school?

9. What transpires about marriage and taking care of oneself between Maisie and April in Part 1, Chapter 3?

10. How does Maisie come back into the picture in Part 1, Chapter 2? Who is she with? What happens with her and Hugh?

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