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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who first comes to the door after the murders?
(a) The neighbor.
(b) The pastor of the church.
(c) A peddler.
(d) Two boys looking for work.

2. What is in the scrapbook the governor’s wife keeps?
(a) Pictures of her children.
(b) Samples of material for sewing.
(c) Stories of criminals.
(d) Recipes.

3. Why are the inmates given little meat to eat?
(a) The cook steals the meat.
(b) The doctors say it stimulates the criminal part of the brain.
(c) The doctors say women should not eat much meat because it is a manly food.
(d) Meat is too expensive.

4. What did Grace’s lawyer tell the court about her?
(a) She is devious.
(b) She is almost an idiot.
(c) She is more than one person.
(d) She is insane.

5. What does Dr. Jordan say is one of Reverend Verringer’s chief faults?
(a) He has a lack of wit.
(b) He knows nothing about the human brain.
(c) He has little education.
(d) He demands too much from his employees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the penitentiary consider to be the only remedy for the criminals there?

2. What kind of meeting is at the governor’s house on Tuesdays?

3. What does the poem say is how Grace convinced McDermott to murder?

4. What is the book called of which a page is shown in Chapter 2?

5. What color are Grace’s eyes?

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