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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grace do in the morning at the governor’s house at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Talk to Dr. Jordan.
(b) Clean the kitchen.
(c) Repair lace on Lydia’s dress.
(d) Dust the downstairs.

2. How does Mary Whitney’s father lose his farm?
(a) Taken by the bank in foreclosure.
(b) Burned to punish him for being a radical.
(c) Flood.
(d) Drought.

3. What does McDermott say should be done to Kinnear and Nancy when McDermott is drunk?
(a) They should be knocked over the head and thrown in the cellar.
(b) The house should be burned down around them.
(c) They should have their gold stolen.
(d) Someone should poison their food.

4. Why does Grace think it is bad when a doctor is around?
(a) They have terrible tasting medicine.
(b) There is always death around a doctor.
(c) They do not care about poor people.
(d) They measure her head.

5. Why is Dr. Jordan uncertain about interviewing Mrs. Moodie?
(a) He questions the veracity of her account.
(b) He does not have the money for travel.
(c) He does not know where to find her.
(d) She has no desire to talk about Grace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Mrs. Humphreys in Dr. Jordan’s room at the beginning of Chapter 6?

2. What does Grace say the peddler in her dream has of hers?

3. From what book in the Bible does Dr. Jordan quote to Grace?

4. How old is Grace at the beginning of Alias Grace?

5. What is in the scrapbook the governor’s wife keeps?

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