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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grace’s mother say when she sees three crows on the ship they are taking to Canada?
(a) It is bad luck and means death.
(b) It is good luck.
(c) Someone must be feeding them.
(d) They will leave when the albatross comes.

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

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

4. What does Dr. Jordan say is one of Reverend Verringer’s chief faults?
(a) He demands too much from his employees.
(b) He has little education.
(c) He has a lack of wit.
(d) He knows nothing about the human brain.

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

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

7. What is in the scrapbook the governor’s wife keeps?
(a) Samples of material for sewing.
(b) Stories of criminals.
(c) Pictures of her children.
(d) Recipes.

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

9. Where does Grace say it was that she stopped sharing her thoughts?
(a) At the prison.
(b) At home when she was a young child.
(c) When working at Kinnear’s house.
(d) At the asylum.

10. What does the peddler say quietly to Grace about who she is?
(a) She is one of who he is.
(b) She comes from across the waters but is at home anywhere.
(c) She is the fallen Eve.
(d) She will have a long, happy life because she is descended from angels.

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

12. Where was McDermott hanged?
(a) New York.
(b) Victoria.
(c) Toronto.
(d) Ontario.

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

14. Why does Effie try to hang herself?
(a) Her father abuses her badly.
(b) Her husband leaves her.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) Her boyfriend dies in prison.

15. What does Grace say the peddler in her dream has of hers?
(a) A shawl.
(b) Her shoes.
(c) A hand.
(d) A knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What does Grace think of the stories written about her?

4. What does Jordan think Dora might do on purpose?

5. What pattern would Grace use if she made a quilt for herself?

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