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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 Hugh think about telling Ben in Part 3, Chapter 3?

2. In Part 3, Chapter 1, what news does Emily bring to Maisie?

3. Why does Emily move back in to Whitehaven?

4. Where does Hugh find Tonio in Part 2, Chapter 4?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. How has Ben Greenbourne changed by the Epilogue?

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

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Maisie, Rachel and April.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Maisie's character. How is she true to herself through her entire life?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the theme of good versus evil throughout the entire novel. Who wins? Who loses?

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