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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 feel about the ratting?
(a) Hugh laughed at the whole event.
(b) He thinks animals do what they have to, but humans are disgusting.
(c) Hugh found the rats disgusting.
(d) Hugh hated that April seemed to like it.

2. Solly's parents do NOT like Maisie for all of the following reasons except for which one?
(a) She had another man's baby.
(b) She can't have any more babies.
(c) She is a Russian Jew.
(d) She was poor.

3. What does Tonio do for a "living"?
(a) He is an ambassador.
(b) He is an attache to the Codorvan Minister in London.
(c) He is a gambler.
(d) He is a diplomat.

4. How much time passes before Hugh returns to London at the beginning of Part 2?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six years.
(d) Five years.

5. What lie does Augusta tell Madeleine while riding in the park in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) They are going to tell Seth about Samuel's sexuality.
(b) Hugh has stolen ideas from the Prinicpal Clerk.
(c) Hugh knows the Lioness personally.
(d) Seth has chosen Joseph as Senior Partner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Maisie stop from happening to Hugh during the Punch and Judy show?

3. What does Augusta discuss with Lady Morte that offends the Lady?

4. What does Micky decide to do in Part 2, Chapter 1 to get Edward to marry?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 5, who has posted a message in Lloyd's Weekly News for Maisie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of a character is Augusta?

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

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

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

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

6. What kind of a character is Carlos Miranda?

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

8. How does Augusta split up Maisie and Hugh?

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

10. 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?

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