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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 lawyer think is the reason Grace never gives Dr. Jordan a straight answer?
(a) Grace still hopes for freedom.
(b) Grace is in love with Dr. Jordan.
(c) Grace does not know the answer to many questions.
(d) Grace is a pathological liar.

2. What does Dr. Jordan thank his mother for when he attempts to write her?
(a) Letting him know about the new inventions in America.
(b) For worrying about his health.
(c) Being patient about Dr. Jordan not writing.
(d) An embroidered watch-case.

3. What does McDermott say should be done to Kinnear and Nancy when McDermott is drunk?
(a) Someone should poison their food.
(b) They should be knocked over the head and thrown in the cellar.
(c) They should have their gold stolen.
(d) The house should be burned down around them.

4. Why is Dr. Jordan becoming disorganized and disoriented at home?
(a) Mrs. Humphreys does not clean his room at all.
(b) Mrs. Humphreys is in his room too much.
(c) Mrs. Humphreys cleans his room too well.
(d) He is not becoming disorganized or disoriented.

5. What kind of work does Mr. Watson, one of Grace’s employers, do?
(a) Shoemaker.
(b) Tavern owner.
(c) Merchant.
(d) Banker.

6. What poem does Grace talk about while men are pointing out steamers to her and telling her the boats’ names?
(a) Lady of the Lake.
(b) The Odyssey.
(c) Wreck of the Hesperus.
(d) Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner.

7. Why is Grace depressed on her birthday in Chapter 8?
(a) She wishes to visit her family but they are too far away.
(b) She feels completely alone.
(c) She feels that Nancy hates her.
(d) She would like to be married.

8. Why is Mrs. Humphreys crying when Dr. Jordan returns from Grace’s hypnotism?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) Her husband is returning.
(c) The bank is foreclosing on her house.
(d) Her husband has been killed.

9. What does Grace realize when she sees Dr. Jerome Dupont?
(a) He is there to break her out of prison.
(b) She does not think anything about Dr. Dupont.
(c) He is actually Jeremiah.
(d) He is actually Kenneth MacQuire.

10. Why is Dr. Jordan uncertain about interviewing Mrs. Moodie?
(a) She has no desire to talk about Grace.
(b) He questions the veracity of her account.
(c) He does not know where to find her.
(d) He does not have the money for travel.

11. About what is Grace concerned as far as the story she is telling Dr. Jordan?
(a) She is not concerned about her story.
(b) Worrying about whether she will remember too much.
(c) Coming to the part about the murders.
(d) She is afraid that he will tell her secrets.

12. Why does Nancy lend Grace a dress in Chapter 8?
(a) Grace’s dress got wet in the river.
(b) Nancy does not lend Grace a dress.
(c) Nancy wants Grace to go to church with her.
(d) Mr. Kinnear wanted Grace to look good for company.

13. When does Nancy tell McDermott he has to leave?
(a) At the end of the week.
(b) In five days, at the end of his pay period.
(c) At the end of the month.
(d) Tomorrow.

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

15. Why does Grace go along with McDermott?
(a) She does not know what else to do.
(b) She is happy Nancy is dead.
(c) She is afraid of McDermott.
(d) She has nowhere else to go.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Grace’s bedroom located at the Kinnear house?

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

3. What does McDermott say about the shirt he left on Kinnear?

4. What does Grace say to McDermott when he says he is going to kill Nancy in bed at the beginning of Chapter 9?

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

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