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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Mrs. Humphreys’s housekeeper?
(a) She moves to get married.
(b) She quits.
(c) She dies.
(d) Nothing.

2. What kind of flowers are growing out of the gravel at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Peonies.
(b) Roses.
(c) Petunias.
(d) Lilies.

3. What does Mary Whitney say about her grandmother?
(a) Her grandmother died the night Mary was born.
(b) Her grandmother was very wealthy.
(c) Her grandmother could ride any horse.
(d) Her grandmother was an Indian.

4. What does Dr. Jordan’s surgical instructor in school say is necessary for a good surgeon to have?
(a) A certain detachment from the patients.
(b) A good bedside manner.
(c) Long, slender fingers.
(d) A very strong ego.

5. At what hotel do McDermott and Grace stop when fleeing Canada?
(a) The Lewiston Hotel.
(b) Bellington’s.
(c) The Harvest Bell.
(d) The Hyatt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Simon Jordan sneak in his house when he is a boy?

2. What does McDermott do first to Nancy according to the poem?

3. What does Grace’s mother say when she sees three crows on the ship they are taking to Canada?

4. What does Dr. Jordan think the reason is that prisons are so dreary?

5. At what lake is Dr. Jordan looking in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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