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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what day is Grace now counting her days?
(a) From the first day in Canada.
(b) From the first day she has met with Dr. Jordan.
(c) From the first day she was brought to the governor’s house.
(d) She does not count her days.

2. From what book in the Bible does Dr. Jordan quote to Grace?
(a) Psalms.
(b) The Book of Job.
(c) None.
(d) The Gospel of Mark.

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

4. What does Dr. Jordan bring Grace?
(a) A blanket.
(b) An apple.
(c) An orange from India.
(d) A new shawl.

5. What is the name of the prison where Grace is an inmate?
(a) Toronto Reformatory.
(b) Riker Island.
(c) Stratford Prison.
(d) Kingston Penitentiary.

6. Where does Grace work at the prison?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In the laundry.
(c) In the governor’s home.
(d) In the sewing center.

7. How does McDermott kill Kinnear?
(a) Shoots him in the heart.
(b) Bashed him in the head with a sledge hammer.
(c) Slits his throat.
(d) Breaks his neck.

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

9. What does Lydia do when Jordan comes to the governor’s home?
(a) Nothing, she is not there.
(b) Asks him if he is interested in Grace as more than just a patient.
(c) Introduces him as a distant cousin to friends.
(d) Flirts with him.

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

11. Why doesn’t Mr. George return to college after Christmas?
(a) He is going to take over the family business.
(b) He becomes ill.
(c) He is finished with school.
(d) He has been expelled.

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

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

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

15. What does Jordan think he needs to do before he can open a private asylum?
(a) Build up his father’s mills.
(b) Come up with a great discovery in his field.
(c) Marry a wealthy woman.
(d) Sell off the family’s manor and lands.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who first comes to the door after the murders?

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

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?

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

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