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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Solly ask Maisie at the races?

2. Why is Augusta having a tea party in Part I, Chapter 1?

3. Why does Hugh tell Edward that his mother is looking for him?

4. Who wins the ratting bet in Part 1, Chapter 2?

5. Solly's parents do NOT like Maisie for all of the following reasons except for which one?

Short Essay Questions

1. What transpires about marriage and taking care of oneself between Maisie and April in Part 1, Chapter 3?

2. What more does Hugh know about Peter's drowning in Part 1, Chapter 3, now that he has corresponded with Albert Cammel, the fourth boy that was swimming that day?

3. How does Maisie come back into the picture in Part 1, Chapter 2? Who is she with? What happens with her and Hugh?

4. In Part 1, Chapter 5, what has happened with Maisie since she last saw Hugh?

5. What has happened with Micky in the six years that Hugh was gone, and what are his future and immediate plans?

6. How does Augusta split up Maisie and Hugh?

7. In Part 1, Chapter 2, how does Augusta continue to manipulate what happens at the bank concerning the naming of the Senior Partner?

8. What kind of a character is Augusta?

9. What secret is established in the Prologue?

10. What has been Hugh's journey through the bank up to Part 1, Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The banking system of London is one of the main themes of the book, and how failed banks hurt more than just bankers. Explain how this is a theme of the book.

Essay Topic 2

How does a Russian Jewish family end up being tied to an English banking family for centuries?

Essay Topic 3

How can it be argued that Edward is a weak character? Where does the weakness come from? How is it fed over the years? Where does it lead him?

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