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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Effie try to hang herself?
(a) Her boyfriend dies in prison.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) Her father abuses her badly.
(d) Her husband leaves her.

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

3. What does Jordan ask the prison to do to make circumstances conducive to his research efforts?
(a) Let her come and go as she pleases.
(b) Feed her more food than normal.
(c) Allow her paper and pen.
(d) Keep her in a steady routine.

4. What do the two guards who escort Grace to the governor’s house say is the best alcoholic drink to make a woman want sex?
(a) Tequila.
(b) Gin.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Bourbon.

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

6. At what lake is Dr. Jordan looking in Chapter 4?
(a) Lake Superior.
(b) Lake Ontario.
(c) Lake Michigan.
(d) Lake Erie.

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

8. What does Jordan do in his first conversation with Grace in an attempt to get her to open up?
(a) Gives her a book.
(b) Brings her some scones.
(c) Talks mostly about himself.
(d) Gives her some opium.

9. What does Mary tell Grace is the reason the servants use the back stairs?
(a) Because the back stairs are the shortest way to anywhere and it saves on servants’ legs.
(b) Because the servants can talk amongst themselves without the rich hearing.
(c) Because the rich people need to use the front stairs so they won’t make a nuisance of themselves.
(d) So they won't be seen.

10. What year is it at the beginning of Alias Grace?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1853.
(c) 1849.
(d) 1851.

11. What does George do when Mary becomes pregnant?
(a) He marries her.
(b) He has her fired.
(c) He does not follow through on his marriage proposal.
(d) He accuses her of sleeping with his brother.

12. How does Mary die?
(a) From a botched abortion.
(b) She falls down the stairs.
(c) She dies in childbirth.
(d) She drowns in the river.

13. Where does Grace say it was that she stopped sharing her thoughts?
(a) At home when she was a young child.
(b) When working at Kinnear’s house.
(c) At the prison.
(d) At the asylum.

14. With whom does Grace’s father find lodging when they arrive in Canada?
(a) Mr. Lambert.
(b) Mrs. Weslley.
(c) Mr. Macon.
(d) Mrs. Burt.

15. What relative in Ireland does Grace try to protect from being related to her?
(a) Her cousin, Connor.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her aunt, Pauline.
(d) Her uncle, Seamus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grace think of the stories written about her?

2. How does Mary Whitney’s father lose his farm?

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

4. What happens to Mrs. Humphreys’s housekeeper?

5. What position did James McDermott hold at the Kinnear home?

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