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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 does Hugh ask Maisie to do after the races in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) Go to dinner and dancing with him.
(b) Go see a show with him.
(c) Go for a carriage ride with him.
(d) Take a walk in the park with him.

2. What position is Hugh an assistant to in Part I, Chapter 3?
(a) The Principal Clerk.
(b) Correspondence Clerk.
(c) Junior Partner.
(d) Senior Partner.

3. In Part 2, Chapter 2, what is Hugh against the bank investing in?
(a) Russian bonds.
(b) New infrastructure for London.
(c) A new building for the bank.
(d) The Cordovan Railroad.

4. What does Joseph Pilaster collect?
(a) Ivory pipes.
(b) Jeweled snuff boxes.
(c) Jeweled rings.
(d) Peacock feathers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What proposition does Hugh bring to the family bankers at the beginning of Part 2?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 1, how many years have passed since the Prologue?

3. What does Solly ask Maisie at the races?

4. How does Augusta manage to get Maisie to stay away from Hugh?

5. What happens in the park that draws Maisie closer to Hugh?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Micky do to Seth in Part 1, Chapter 5? Why?

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

3. What does the night in the brothel reveal about Edward and Micky?

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

5. What kind of a character is Augusta?

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

7. What secret is established in the Prologue?

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

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

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

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