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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. Why does Micky follow Solly from the club after he argues with Edward?
(a) He wants to rat out Edward.
(b) He wants to explain that poor people will suffer if he pulls the loan.
(c) He wants to frighten him into giving him the loan.
(d) He plans on killing him.

2. What does Maisie say only a few moments after Hugh arrives to give his condolences in Part 2, Chapter 5?
(a) If you hadn't married Nora, you could have married me.
(b) Who do you think murdered Solly?
(c) Will you lend me money?
(d) Bertie is your son.

3. Why is Micky angry that he runs into Hugh when he returns to the club to play cards with Edward in Part 2, Chapter 5?
(a) Micky will not have an alibi.
(b) Micky does not want Hugh playing cards with them.
(c) Micky is visibly upset over Solly's death.
(d) Micky hates Hugh and does not want to see him.

4. Why do Hugh and Samuel decide to resign from the bank?
(a) Because Edward is named Senior Partner.
(b) Because the bank is backing Cordova.
(c) They want to open a bank of their own.
(d) They want to work with the Greenbournes.

5. What is the catalyst that brings down the bank?
(a) Investment in small businesses.
(b) The Cordovan revolution.
(c) World recession.
(d) Edward's bad management of the money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Micky do to Solly that causes Solly's death?

2. What risk does Maisie take for Nora in Part 2, Chapter 4?

3. What do the partners want from Edward after the money crisis is discovered?

4. What does Augusta ask Fortescue to do to help get Joseph the peerage?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Edward become Senior Partner of the bank?

2. How does Micky escape the authorities and still wind up dead?

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

4. What changes have come into Emily's life by Part 3?

5. What does Hugh piece together in Part 3, and what does he do with the information? How is it received?

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

7. 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?

8. How has Ben Greenbourne changed by the Epilogue?

9. What does Maisie discover about the incident at the ball, and how does she make the discovery?

10. In Part 2, Chapter 3, what is Micky's plan to stop Tonio, and how is the plan carried out?

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