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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Reverend Verringer paying Dr. Jordan to work with Grace?
(a) His Bishop told him to do that.
(b) Grace is a distant relative.
(c) His family was friends with Mary Whitney.
(d) He is fighting for Grace to be released from prison.

2. What book does the governor’s wife have that tells of fashion in the United States?
(a) Blackwell’s Dresses and Accessories.
(b) The Fashion and Style Display Art.
(c) The Ladies Home Journal.
(d) Godey’s Ladies’ Books.

3. What position did James McDermott hold at the Kinnear home?
(a) Gardener.
(b) Butler.
(c) Stable hand.
(d) Field laborer.

4. What does Grace do when she meets the doctor?
(a) Faints.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Slaps him in the face.
(d) Runs from the room.

5. What does Grace say is the reason she can be frank with Jordan?
(a) He is a doctor.
(b) He is not there to seduce her.
(c) She will never leave prison.
(d) She was never a lady and her reputation is shot.

6. What pattern would Grace use if she made a quilt for herself?
(a) Four Points.
(b) Tree of Paradise.
(c) Basket of Lilies.
(d) Bear’s Paw.

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

8. Under what name does Grace register at the hotel?
(a) Mary Kinnear.
(b) Mary Whitney.
(c) Grace Newman.
(d) Nancy Montgomery.

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

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

11. How much of her first month wages did Grace give her father?
(a) A quarter.
(b) None.
(c) all of them.
(d) A half.

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

13. 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) Whiskey.
(b) Gin.
(c) Bourbon.
(d) Tequila.

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

15. At what age does Grace go to prison?
(a) 19.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jordan think he needs to do before he can open a private asylum?

2. Why are the inmates given little meat to eat?

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

4. What is the name of the prison where Grace is an inmate?

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

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