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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 love to watch Maisie do, as described in Part 2, Chapter 3?

2. In Part 2, Chapter 3, what does Micky find in Tonio's room?

3. In Part 2, Chapter 5, what simile does Follett use to speak of how Augusta feels about Joseph's new title?

4. To whom does Maisie take Emily to find answers to her questions that she poses at the afternoon tea?

5. What does Hugh think about telling Ben in Part 3, Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. Hugh makes a major decision about his future after he speaks to Ben in Part 2, Chapter 5. What is the decision? Why does he make it? What is the outcome?

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

8. How has Ben Greenbourne changed by the Epilogue?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the friendship between Micky and Edward from the beginning to the end of the story. How was the relationship one-sided? How did the relationship cost Edward a happy life?

Essay Topic 2

Much of the society's standards of the Victorian Era are stated in the novel. Explain what they are and how they are used to portray this story.

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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