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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What nationality was Grace’s father?
(a) Canadian.
(b) Scottish.
(c) Irish.
(d) English.

3. What does Jordan think Dora might do on purpose?
(a) Overcook his eggs.
(b) Track mud into his room.
(c) Come into his room when he is dressing.
(d) Dirty his shirts.

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

5. Why does Grace’s family leave for Canada?
(a) Her father was hired by a company building over there.
(b) Her father wanted to own his own land.
(c) Her uncle Roy said he would no longer help support the family.
(d) Her father was going to be arrested for murder.

6. How old is Grace at the beginning of Alias Grace?
(a) 20.
(b) 23.
(c) 24.
(d) 21.

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

8. In what kind of manufacturing does Dr. Jordan’s mother wish his to invest?
(a) Textile mills.
(b) Sewing machines.
(c) Hot air balloons.
(d) Ships.

9. What does the penitentiary consider to be the only remedy for the criminals there?
(a) Bad food and a lot of work.
(b) Keeping them isolated.
(c) Thrashing and religion.
(d) Good nutrition and the Bible.

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

11. What does Grace tell Jordan she will finish that day when she meets with him at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Her fifteenth year in prison.
(b) Cleaning the downstairs of the house.
(c) The cloak she is making her sister.
(d) The quilt square in her hand.

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

13. What did Grace’s lawyer tell the court about her?
(a) She is devious.
(b) She is insane.
(c) She is more than one person.
(d) She is almost an idiot.

14. What color and design is on the dress Nancy wears in Grace’s dream?
(a) Scarlet with green leaves.
(b) White with embroidered horses around the bottom.
(c) Navy blue with boats on it.
(d) Pale with pink rosebuds.

15. From what newspaper is the clip at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) New York Times.
(b) Toronto Mirror.
(c) Victorian Times.
(d) Ontario Sentinel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the governor’s oldest daughter live?

2. What does the peddler say quietly to Grace about who she is?

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

4. Where does Grace say it was that she stopped sharing her thoughts?

5. What does George do when Mary becomes pregnant?

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