2. What does Jordan believe about Verringer’s relationship with Grace?
(a) He does not think anything about Verringer and Grace.
(b) He believes that Verringer has never met Grace.
(c) He believes that Verringer has had an affair with Grace.
(d) He thinks Verringer is in love with Grace.

3. Who first comes to the door after the murders?
(a) A peddler.
(b) The pastor of the church.
(c) The neighbor.
(d) Two boys looking for work.

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

5. What does Grace tell Jordan about her parents?
(a) She hated them.
(b) She loved them very much but did not understand them.
(c) She would not have chosen them.
(d) She did not really know them.

6. What is the book called of which a page is shown in Chapter 2?
(a) The Book of the Hours.
(b) The Schedule of Duty.
(c) The transcript of Grace’s trial.
(d) The Punishment Book.

7. How many siblings does Grace say she has?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

8. What does Dr. Workman tell Dr. Jordan is most important in building an asylum?
(a) Having the funds before beginning.
(b) Having more nurses than doctors.
(c) Acquiring a number of wealthy patients.
(d) Sanitation and good drainage.

9. How is Jordan feeling about his research in Chapter 4?
(a) Very excited.
(b) Cautious and having doubts.
(c) Motivated.
(d) Indifferent.

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

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

12. How much does Grace tell Jordan about her dream of the previous night?
(a) All of it.
(b) None of it.
(c) The beginning.
(d) The end.

13. What does Mary think Grace should do instead of being a servant?
(a) A street walker.
(b) A cook.
(c) A seamstress.
(d) A nanny.

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

15. What would Mary do sometimes when the sheets were hung in the inside drying room?
(a) Splash water on them so they would take longer to dry.
(b) Press her face in them and moan and pretend to be a ghost.
(c) Tie the corners shut.
(d) Swing on them.