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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 news does Edward give Micky when MIcky tells him that he is leaving the country?
(a) Edward loathes Micky.
(b) Edward has syphilis.
(c) Edward will not go with Micky.
(d) Edward loves Micky.

2. In Part 3, how does Nora treat her children?
(a) With irritability.
(b) She ignores them.
(c) Well, but not warmly.
(d) With love and affection.

3. In Part 2, Chapter 5, what simile does Follett use to speak of how Augusta feels about Joseph's new title?
(a) She "was as happy as a lark."
(b) She "was as pleased as punch."
(c) She "was like a child on her birthday."
(d) She "was like a hen that had laid an egg."

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

5. What does Maisie ask of Hugh after they return from Bertie's school in Part 3, Chapter 1?
(a) To loan her money.
(b) To avenge Solly's death.
(c) To come home with her.
(d) To stay at the bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hugh tell Micky about Edward in Part 3, Chapter 2?

2. What does Hugh do to try to save Pilaster's reputation?

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

4. What do Rachel and Micky argue about after the small dinner party Rachel had given for the Foreign Ministry?

5. What is happening at Nellie's that is a gimmick that April put into practice?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

7. Why are Hugh's children home alone when Maisie arrives in Part 3, Chapter 4?

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

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

10. How does Hugh want to handle the failing of the bank with his family members? How do they respond?

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