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

2. Hugh and his mother speak frankly for the first time about all of the following except for what?
(a) Maisie's reputation.
(b) Hugh's future.
(c) Augusta's devious ways and lies.
(d) Money.

3. Where does Hugh meet Nora?
(a) At the Greenbourne's house.
(b) At a club.
(c) She stumbles into him on the street.
(d) In a bakery.

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

5. Who is Solly Greenhouse's date at the Argyll Room?
(a) April Tilsley.
(b) Florence Stalworthy.
(c) Rachel Bodwin.
(d) Maisie Robinson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of people went to the horse races in London in the late 1800s?

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

3. Why does Joseph become angry with Augusta when she insists that he go to the park and NOT the bank on the holiday?

4. Why does Augusta show her new bedroom to Madeleine?

5. Why doesn't Maisie spend the entire day with Solly?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the ratting and explain its significance to the story.

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

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

4. What has been Hugh's journey through the bank up to Part 1, Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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