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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the governor’s oldest daughter live?
(a) England.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) India.
(d) New York.

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

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

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

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

7. Why doesn’t Mr. George return to college after Christmas?
(a) He has been expelled.
(b) He becomes ill.
(c) He is finished with school.
(d) He is going to take over the family business.

8. At what lake is Dr. Jordan looking in Chapter 4?
(a) Lake Erie.
(b) Lake Ontario.
(c) Lake Michigan.
(d) Lake Superior.

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

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

11. Why does the peddler give Grace one button more than she buys?
(a) He only had one left so he would not be able to sell it.
(b) She had an even number, which is bad luck.
(c) He wants her to become a good customer.
(d) He thinks she is attractive.

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

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

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

15. Who does Grace tell Dr. Jordan Mary Whitney is?
(a) The made up name she gave at the tavern.
(b) Her grandmother, still in Ireland.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of gloves would Grace like to have?

2. How is Jordan feeling about his research in Chapter 4?

3. What does McDermott do first to Nancy according to the poem?

4. What does Mary tell Grace is the reason the servants use the back stairs?

5. With whom does Grace’s father find lodging when they arrive in Canada?

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