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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. What is the relationship between Hugh and Edward?
(a) They are enemies.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They are brothers.
(d) They are best friends.

2. What does Augusta lie to Lady Stalworthy about?
(a) She says Hugh wants Florence for her money.
(b) She says Hugh has had many women.
(c) She says Hugh's father was mentally ill.
(d) She says Hugh is a gambler.

3. Why do Micky and Edward treat Nell like royalty?
(a) She owns the bar.
(b) To many, she is as important as the Queen.
(c) She is royalty.
(d) They owe her money.

4. What is Tonio's plan to ruin the Mirandas' plan?
(a) Purchase guns to start a war against them.
(b) Run an editorial explaining the condition in the mines.
(c) Blackmail the Mirandas.
(d) Personally convince the bank not to lend them money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Augusta set up Nora at the ball?

2. How does Maisie initially react to Hugh and Nora's romance?

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

4. What does Augusta know as Samuel Pilaster's weakness?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What transpires between Hugh and Maisie in Part I, Chapter 4?

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

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

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

5. How are Micky and Augusta tied to each other forever?

6. What secret is established in the Prologue?

7. What has become of Maisie and her family by Part 2?

8. What kind of a character is Augusta?

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

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

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