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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does McDermott do first to Nancy according to the poem?
(a) Break her neck.
(b) Strike her on the head with an axe.
(c) Throw her in the cellar.
(d) Put a knife through her heart.

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

3. 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.

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

5. How many month’s rent does Dr. Jordan advance Mrs. Humphreys?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

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

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

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

9. 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) Tequila.
(c) Bourbon.
(d) Gin.

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

11. What does Mary Whitney say about her grandmother?
(a) Her grandmother died the night Mary was born.
(b) Her grandmother was an Indian.
(c) Her grandmother could ride any horse.
(d) Her grandmother was very wealthy.

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

13. What does Grace say was her family’s religion?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Anglican.
(d) Protestant.

14. Who does Grace say tells people Grace is good and no trouble?
(a) Dr. Dermont.
(b) No one.
(c) The governor’s wife.
(d) The night watchman.

15. What does Jordan ask the prison to do to make circumstances conducive to his research efforts?
(a) Let her come and go as she pleases.
(b) Keep her in a steady routine.
(c) Feed her more food than normal.
(d) Allow her paper and pen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does the governor’s wife have that tells of fashion in the United States?

2. What does Grace do when she meets the doctor?

3. What year is it at the beginning of Alias Grace?

4. What does Grace think McDermott might as well have been when the doctors got hold of his dead body?

5. What was Grace’s father’s trade?

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