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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grace say about her confession?
(a) It was what her lawyer told her to say.
(b) She will not discuss her confession.
(c) It was beaten out of her.
(d) She made it completely honest.

2. What color and design is on the dress Nancy wears in Grace’s dream?
(a) Scarlet with green leaves.
(b) Pale with pink rosebuds.
(c) Navy blue with boats on it.
(d) White with embroidered horses around the bottom.

3. What year is it at the beginning of Alias Grace?
(a) 1851.
(b) 1853.
(c) 1849.
(d) 1856.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what lake is Dr. Jordan looking in Chapter 4?

2. What was Grace’s father’s trade?

3. From what newspaper is the clip at the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. What is the book called of which a page is shown in Chapter 2?

5. What does Dr. Jordan bring Grace?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Grace taken after her encounter with the doctor and what does she describe there?

2. What document starts Chapter 2?

3. What happens to Grace’s mother and how does her father take care of them?

4. Who narrates Chapter 1 and what does she say about her present circumstances as to where she is, how old she is and what year it is?

5. What is the poem in Chapter 2 about?

6. What is Jordan invited to join at the governor’s house and what does Lydia do before it starts?

7. What does Grace tell Dr. Jordan about working at Mrs. Parkinson’s with Mary?

8. What happens at the Parkinsons that changes both Mary and Grace’s circumstances?

9. Who brings Jordan his breakfast in the boarding house and what does Jordan think of the breakfast?

10. Where does Jordan visit Grace in Chapter 4 and what does he do with her?

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