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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 old is Hugh in Part 3 of the novel?
(a) 37.
(b) 42.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

2. Why does Emily move back in to Whitehaven?
(a) So she can get pregnant.
(b) She misses Edward.
(c) To annoy Augusta.
(d) To get her annulment.

3. Why is Solly so angry with Edward in Part 2, Chapter 5?
(a) Solly discovered what he did to Emily.
(b) Solly knows how he has fought against Hugh.
(c) Solly knows that he and Augusta were behind the articles about Ben.
(d) Solly knows that the railroad investment is no good.

4. What does Hugh tell Micky about Edward in Part 3, Chapter 2?
(a) That Edward knows Micky is up to no good.
(b) That he knows about the drowning.
(c) That Edward is in love with him.
(d) That Edward will be asked to leave the bank.

5. What is Maisie and Dan's conversation about with the guests at the wedding in Part 3, Chapter 3?
(a) Social issues.
(b) Augusta.
(c) The lavish food.
(d) Pilaster bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Solly love to watch Maisie do, as described in Part 2, Chapter 3?

2. Why does Micky follow Solly from the club after he argues with Edward?

3. What does Augusta ask Hobbes to do to help her get Joseph the peerage?

4. Who does not take Augusta's side against Hugh in Part 3?

5. What is the catalyst that brings down the bank?

Short Essay Questions

1. With what question does Emily go to Maisie for help in Part 2, Chapter 3? Why Maisie? What does Maisie do to help her?

2. How much time has passed between the end of Part 2, and the beginning of Part 3? What major changes have occurred?

3. What has become of Edward's and Micky's marriages by Part 2, Chapter 5?

4. Hugh makes a major decision about his future after he speaks to Ben in Part 2, Chapter 5. What is the decision? Why does he make it? What is the outcome?

5. What happens with the bonds that the bank was going to sell in order to loan Micky the money? Who is behind the deceit, and what happens to him?

6. What happens between Rachel and Micky in Part 2, Chapter 4?

7. What occurs between Maisie and Ben Greenbourne after Solly's death?

8. How does Micky finally get Edward to talk to him in Part 3, Chapter 2, after Edward discovers the truth about the drowning?

9. What schemes does Augusta come up with once she learns that Ben will be given the peerage and not Joseph?

10. In Part 3, Chapter 3, what does Augusta attempt to do to get cash for herself, and then what does she steal that will allow her to have a decent income?

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