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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did they do with McDermott’s head after he was hanged?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Buried it with the body.
(c) Made a plaster cast of it.
(d) Stuck it on a pike outside the jail.

2. What does Grace think McDermott might as well have been when the doctors got hold of his dead body?
(a) Nothing, she did not think about that.
(b) A lump of earth.
(c) A beef cow.
(d) Salted bacon.

3. Who does Grace tell Dr. Jordan Mary Whitney is?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) The made up name she gave at the tavern.
(c) Her grandmother, still in Ireland.
(d) Her sister.

4. Why does the peddler give Grace one button more than she buys?
(a) He thinks she is attractive.
(b) He only had one left so he would not be able to sell it.
(c) He wants her to become a good customer.
(d) She had an even number, which is bad luck.

5. To what event is Jordan invited at the governor’s house?
(a) Bridge club.
(b) Saturday morning garden club.
(c) Tuesday Discussion Circle.
(d) Dinner with the whole family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grace tell herself about the murders?

2. What kind of work does Mr. Watson, one of Grace’s employers, do?

3. Why does Grace think Nancy is afraid Thomas will begin to like Grace?

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

5. Why does Grace think it is bad when a doctor is around?

(see the answer key)

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