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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jay's gambling debts are forgiven by Lennox in exchange for ____________________.
(a) The Barbados estate.
(b) Lizzie's dowry.
(c) The shipper's boycott.
(d) High Glen.

2. What decision does Lizzie make after Jay beats her?
(a) To shoot him in his sleep.
(b) To have him beaten up by thugs.
(c) To have him arrested.
(d) To run away with Mack and Peg.

3. Jay learns that Robert has gone to ______________.
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Barbados.
(d) Bermuda.

4. Who is Tony Tambala?
(a) A planter.
(b) A merchant.
(c) A ship captain.
(d) A slave.

5. What are Peg's feelings for Mack?
(a) She loves him.
(b) She is warming up to him.
(c) She likes him as a friend.
(d) She tolerates him.

6. Lizzie tells Sir George that she will testify for Mack but _____________________.
(a) She will not lie for Mack.
(b) She wants the mining stopped at High Glen.
(c) She is moving to America.
(d) She will no longer live with Jay.

7. News arrives that _______________ has died.
(a) Robert.
(b) Lady Alicia.
(c) Lady Eleanor.
(d) Sir George.

8. What is the name of the man whom Peg killed?
(a) Burgo Marler.
(b) Flick Maguire.
(c) Hank Burstyn.
(d) Chet Weston.

9. Why does Lizzie feel trapped in her situation?
(a) She cannot bear public humiliation.
(b) She is in love with Mack.
(c) She loves her husband.
(d) She is pregnant.

10. Any grandchild born within a year of Sir George's death will receive _______________ of the estate.
(a) All.
(b) One third.
(c) One fourth.
(d) One half.

11. What happens to Jay after the first tobacco crop?
(a) He is financially ruined.
(b) He shoots himself.
(c) He returns to Scotland.
(d) He must sell Mockjack Hall.

12. Whom does Lizzie's mother marry?
(a) Reverend York.
(b) Mr. Clayton.
(c) Mr. Maguire.
(d) Sir James.

13. What sentence do Cora and Peg receive?
(a) They are to be set free.
(b) They are to be in prison for ten years.
(c) They are to be transported to the colonies.
(d) They are to be hanged.

14. Where does Peg hide while the sheriff searches for her?
(a) Sowerby's old cabin.
(b) Lizzie's room
(c) A cave.
(d) A tavern.

15. Who has arranged Jay's mortgage loan?
(a) James Havemore.
(b) Edward Cavendish.
(c) Hamish Drome.
(d) Matthew Murchman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visits the Jamissons from the Secretary of State's office?

2. What does Peg tell Jay and his men?

3. What is the name of the prison where Peg and Cora are sent?

4. Jay and his men figure that Mack and Lizzie will ____________________.

5. Lizzie and Jay are to leave for Virginia ____________.

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