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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 class of people generally go to the Argyll Room?
(a) Clerks and small businessmen.
(b) Call girls and the men who want them.
(c) Gamblers.
(d) Artistocracy.

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

3. Who helps Micky cover up the murder?
(a) Augusta.
(b) Papa.
(c) The nurse.
(d) Edward.

4. Why doesn't Maisie spend the entire day with Solly?
(a) She is not allowed to.
(b) She doesn't like horse racing.
(c) She has plans to meet Hugh.
(d) She is bored.

5. Why does Solly take the train and the bus in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) He does not want Maisie to feel badly by taking a carriage.
(b) He wants to experience the other side.
(c) Because he is with Maisie who is poor.
(d) He has no money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a woman is Augusta Pilaster?

2. In Part 2, Chapter 1, what does Augusta want for herself and Joseph that she manipulates to get?

3. Why does Augusta have Micky walk her to the church in the Prologue?

4. Why is Augusta having a tea party in Part I, Chapter 1?

5. Why does Hugh tell Edward that his mother is looking for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of a character is Seth? Be sure to mention his business acumen and religious beliefs.

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. What kind of a character is Hugh?

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

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