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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Lennox upset about Mack?
(a) Mack has bailed on a business deal.
(b) Mack is making deals directly with the shippers.
(c) Mack won't repay a gambling debt.
(d) Mack wants to divorce his sister.

2. Who is Mack's twin sister?
(a) Esther.
(b) Ava.
(c) Eileen.
(d) Sara.

3. What does the owner of High Glen use as a paperweight?
(a) Gold brick.
(b) Lump of coal.
(c) Beer stein.
(d) Iron collar.

4. Why can Sir George not give the Barbados plantation to Jay?
(a) It has been destroyed by a hurricane.
(b) It belongs to Robert.
(c) It has been taken over by pirates.
(d) He had to sell it.

5. How old was Mack when he first started working in the mines?
(a) 16.
(b) 7.
(c) 19.
(d) 10.

6. Who is the man running for Parliament who will support the coal heavers?
(a) John Wilkes.
(b) David Spence.
(c) James Masterson.
(d) Gregory Edmonton.

7. What is Lizzie's last name?
(a) Baldwin.
(b) Rosemond.
(c) MaGuire.
(d) Hallim.

8. What does Delaney advise Mack to do?
(a) Go back to school.
(b) Get a job on a ship.
(c) Leave town for a year or two.
(d) Open his own business.

9. What news does Jay share with his mother?
(a) He is moving to America.
(b) He has a terminal illness.
(c) He is in love with Lizzie.
(d) He has shot his father.

10. What preoccupies Jay's mind during the deer hunt?
(a) Marrying Lizzie.
(b) His love for Esther.
(c) Moving to Edinburgh.
(d) Killing his brother.

11. How is Mack punished on the way to the mines the next day?
(a) He is dragged behind a horse.
(b) He must walk backwards.
(c) He must walk naked.
(d) He is whipped.

12. What surprises Lizzie about the mines?
(a) The number of women working there.
(b) How dark it is.
(c) How cold it is.
(d) How quiet it is.

13. What do two men take from Lizzie in an alley?
(a) Her jewelry.
(b) Her undergarments.
(c) Her clothes.
(d) Her purse.

14. What does Sir George's wife want him to give to Jay as a wedding gift?
(a) The Barbados property.
(b) A Scottish country estate.
(c) A stable of horses.
(d) A home in Edinburgh.

15. When does Jay's mother say she began to hate her husband?
(a) When he took a mistress.
(b) When he took her away from her village.
(c) The first time he beat her.
(d) When he started to favor Robert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has attended the hanging with Mack?

2. What is High Glen?

3. What is mined in the local mines?

4. The letter from the London lawyer states that the miners are to be free at the age of ________________.

5. Where is the tobacco plantation located?

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