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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 Micky do to Solly that causes Solly's death?
(a) Micky stabs Solly.
(b) Micky hires thugs to kill Solly.
(c) Micky pushes Solly in front of a carriage.
(d) Micky hits Solly with a rock and then pushes hiim into the river.

2. What does Hugh finally learn from Tonio in Part 2, Chapter 4?
(a) Edward drowned Peter on purpose.
(b) Micky made sure Hugh was sent to Boston.
(c) Micky was instrumental in Tonio losing his job.
(d) Micky drowned Peter on purpose.

3. What does Hugh do to try to save Pilaster's reputation?
(a) He goes to Tonio for help.
(b) He writes an article for the newspaper.
(c) He goes to Ben for help.
(d) He tries to get the Cordovan government to pay the loans.

4. What does Augusta ask Fortescue to do to help get Joseph the peerage?
(a) Advise Hobbes to do as Augusta asks.
(b) Remind the prime minister that Joseph is a safe alternative.
(c) Remind the prime minister that Ben is Jewish.
(d) Advise Lady Morte to do as Augusta asks.

5. What is the last place that Hugh visits?
(a) Peter's grave.
(b) The bank.
(c) His house in Kensington.
(d) The pond at Windfield.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Emily spend all of her time in Part 2, Chapter 5?

2. What bad news does Hugh bring to Rachel in Part 3, Chapter 3?

3. How old is Hugh in Part 3 of the novel?

4. In what month does Dorothy marry and the bank collapses?

5. What does Maisie ask of Hugh after they return from Bertie's school in Part 3, Chapter 1?

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. In Part 2, Chapter 4, what does Maisie do with Nora that is risky but very satisfying in its result?

3. 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?

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

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

6. What does Emily do to attempt to have Edward's child, and how does it all backfire?

7. Where does Hugh find Tonio in Part 2, Chapter 4, and what does Tonio finally tell Hugh?

8. What is the concern over the Cordovan loans and the revolution?

9. 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?

10. What becomes of Edward, Augusta, Hugh, Maisie, Dan and Rachel?

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