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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grace say Nancy told her the day of the murders?
(a) That Grace had to leave.
(b) That Thomas Kinnear does not like Grace.
(c) That McDermott was staying.
(d) Nancy does not say anything to Grace on the day of the murders.

2. What is Jeremiah/Dr. Dupont doing at the end of the book?
(a) He is a showman in a circus.
(b) He is back to being a peddler.
(c) He is teaching at a university in America.
(d) Working in a hospital, hypnotizing people to help with pain control.

3. Where is Grace’s bedroom located at the Kinnear house?
(a) Off the summer kitchen.
(b) On the second floor.
(c) In the attic.
(d) Off the winter kitchen.

4. What does Dr. Jordan think the reason is that prisons are so dreary?
(a) To save money on lighting.
(b) The type of people who work in prisons like dreary places.
(c) It is part of the punishment.
(d) The criminals are considered evil and should be kept in the dark.

5. What kind of a stock investment does Dr. Jordan’s mother talk about in her letter?
(a) Timber.
(b) Automatic rifles.
(c) Hot air balloons.
(d) Sewing machines.

6. With what task does Mr. Kinnear help Grace that Nancy sees?
(a) Pulling weeds in the garden.
(b) Stacking wood in the kitchen stove.
(c) Filling the laundry tub.
(d) Bringing water upstairs to his bath.

7. On what does Grace sleep in the prison?
(a) A niche in the wall with a cotton mattress.
(b) A straw mattress.
(c) A pallet on the floor.
(d) A cotton mattress on a frame.

8. Why is Dr. Jordan going to Toronto?
(a) To post a letter to his mother.
(b) To meet with Grace’s lawyer and visit the Kinnear house.
(c) To bring back a hypnotist.
(d) To check on the family business.

9. What happens when McDermott shoots the gun at Grace?
(a) Nothing, he does not do that.
(b) She faints.
(c) She gets hit by a piece of wood off the tree where she is standing.
(d) She throws dirt in his eyes.

10. What does Jeremiah say to Grace a few days after her birthday?
(a) He has a special pair of stockings for her.
(b) She looks younger than she is.
(c) She should leave with him.
(d) She needs to find a different job.

11. What happens one night that changes Dr. Jordan and Mrs. Humphreys’s relationship?
(a) Dr. Jordan gets involved with a bar maid.
(b) She hires another maid.
(c) Her husband returns.
(d) She crawls in his bed one night.

12. What does Dr. Jordan bring Grace in Chapter 8 that she quickly eats?
(a) A pear.
(b) A carrot.
(c) An apple.
(d) A radish.

13. In what graveyard that Dr. Jordan visits is Mary Whitney buried?
(a) She is buried in the Parkinson family cemetery.
(b) Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Cemetery.
(c) The Adelaide Street Methodist Church Cemetery.
(d) The Richmond Hill Public Cemetery.

14. What does McDermott tell Jamie is the reason that McDermott has the shotgun in his hands?
(a) He is shooting birds.
(b) He thought he saw a vagabond.
(c) He is cleaning it for Mr. Kinnear.
(d) He is going squirrel hunting.

15. At what location is Grace hypnotized?
(a) At Mrs. Quennell’s house.
(b) At the governor’s house.
(c) At the prison, in the governor’s office.
(d) In the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What different plan has Dr. Jordan come up with as to what he brings Grace?

2. What do Grace and Jamie do on her birthday?

3. What does Grace say about her relationship with McDermott?

4. What does Grace tell Dr. Jordan about her dream in the beginning of Chapter 8?

5. What is Grace given to do in her cell the night before Grace is hypnotized?

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