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

2. Why does Mr. Offerton send Hugh to the schoolmaster's office when he sees him in the courtyard in the Prologue?
(a) Hugh will be whipped for going swimming.
(b) They want to question him about Micky.
(c) He needs to be told about Peter.
(d) Hugh's mother is there to see him.

3. How does Augusta get invited to the Duchess' costume ball?
(a) She has Micky get her tickets.
(b) She has Joseph get her tickets.
(c) She has Maisie get her tickets.
(d) She gets Lady Morte to get her tickets.

4. How does Micky kill Seth?
(a) He suffocates him with his pillow.
(b) He stabs him.
(c) He frightens him into a heart attack.
(d) He poisons him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Hugh and Edward?

2. What does Augusta lie to Lady Stalworthy about?

3. Why does Solly take the train and the bus in Part 1, Chapter 4?

4. What kind of a woman is Augusta Pilaster?

5. How does Hugh feel about the ratting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened with Micky in the six years that Hugh was gone, and what are his future and immediate plans?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 5, what has happened with Maisie since she last saw Hugh?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. What kind of a character is Carlos Miranda?

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

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