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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 many children does Hugh have?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

2. What does Hobbes ask Augusta to get him a loan for from the bank?
(a) A new office.
(b) To merge with another newspaper.
(c) To hire more writers.
(d) A new printing press.

3. In the last decade, by Part 3, Chapter 2, how many bonds has Pilaster Bank given Cordova?
(a) One total.
(b) Two a year.
(c) One a year.
(d) Five total.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Maisie say only a few moments after Hugh arrives to give his condolences in Part 2, Chapter 5?

4. What does Hugh learn in his conversation with Ben in Part 2, Chapter 5?

5. What does Mulberry do when Hugh tells him to close the bank's doors?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens between Solly, Edward and Micky in Part 2, Chapter 5?

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

5. What deal do the partners come up with so that Edward's first request as Senior Partner goes through, but so the bank won't be compromised?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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