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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) She will not discuss her confession.
(b) She made it completely honest.
(c) It was what her lawyer told her to say.
(d) It was beaten out of her.

2. What does the poem say is how Grace convinced McDermott to murder?
(a) That she will tell him where his brother lives.
(b) That she will be his lover.
(c) Blackmail.
(d) That she will tell him where the gold in the house is hidden.

3. What does the peddler say quietly to Grace about who she is?
(a) She is the fallen Eve.
(b) She is one of who he is.
(c) She will have a long, happy life because she is descended from angels.
(d) She comes from across the waters but is at home anywhere.

4. To what event is Jordan invited at the governor’s house?
(a) Saturday morning garden club.
(b) Bridge club.
(c) Tuesday Discussion Circle.
(d) Dinner with the whole family.

5. With whom does Grace’s father find lodging when they arrive in Canada?
(a) Mr. Lambert.
(b) Mrs. Burt.
(c) Mrs. Weslley.
(d) Mr. Macon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does a doctor want to measure the heads of criminals?

3. What did they do with McDermott’s head after he was hanged?

4. Why are the inmates given little meat to eat?

5. What would Mary do sometimes when the sheets were hung in the inside drying room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the sentencing for Grace and McDermott?

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

3. How does Dr. Jordan help Mrs. Humphreys’ situation?

4. What are the circumstances of Mrs. Humphreys’s life that are so difficult?

5. Describe the scene where Grace dreams the peddler has something to give her?

6. What does Grace talk about counting at the beginning of the Chapter and why does she change the way she counts?

7. What is bothering Jordan in Chapter 4?

8. What is the poem in Chapter 2 about?

9. What are the three letters that are shown at the beginning of Chapter 4?

10. To whom does Mrs. Burt introduce Grace and what position does that woman hold? How does the woman help Grace?

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