2. How does Mary Whitney’s father lose his farm?
(a) Drought.
(b) Burned to punish him for being a radical.
(c) Taken by the bank in foreclosure.
(d) Flood.

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

4. Why does a doctor want to measure the heads of criminals?
(a) To see if he can tell what kind of crime they have committed.
(b) To see if their skulls are deformed.
(c) There is no doctor who measures heads.
(d) To see if they are less intelligent than law abiding citizens.

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

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

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

8. What is the first thing Mary has Grace do in order to make her presentable at her new job?
(a) Put on shoes.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Wear different clothes.
(d) Take a bath.

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

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

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

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

13. What does Jordan place in front of Grace at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) A potato.
(b) An orange.
(c) A hat.
(d) A book.

14. What did they do with McDermott’s head after he was hanged?
(a) Buried it with the body.
(b) Made a plaster cast of it.
(c) Stuck it on a pike outside the jail.
(d) Nothing.

15. What happens to Mrs. Humphreys in Dr. Jordan’s room at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Nothing.
(b) He kisses her.
(c) She trips over his boots.
(d) She faints.