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

2. 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) He thinks she is attractive.
(c) She had an even number, which is bad luck.
(d) He wants her to become a good customer.

3. What does Grace tell Jordan about her parents?
(a) She would not have chosen them.
(b) She loved them very much but did not understand them.
(c) She did not really know them.
(d) She hated them.

4. Why does Effie try to hang herself?
(a) Her husband leaves her.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) Her father abuses her badly.
(d) Her boyfriend dies in prison.

5. What does Jordan believe about Verringer’s relationship with Grace?
(a) He thinks Verringer is in love with Grace.
(b) He believes that Verringer has had an affair with Grace.
(c) He believes that Verringer has never met Grace.
(d) He does not think anything about Verringer and Grace.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many month’s rent does Dr. Jordan advance Mrs. Humphreys?

2. What happens to Mrs. Humphreys in Dr. Jordan’s room at the beginning of Chapter 6?

3. What does Grace tell Jordan she will finish that day when she meets with him at the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. How does Mary die?

5. From what book in the Bible does Dr. Jordan quote to Grace?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is bothering Jordan in Chapter 4?

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

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

4. What is happening with Grace in the first page of Chapter 1?

5. How are hysterics defined at the beginning of Chapter 6?

6. What does the visitor to Grace’s cell give her and what does Grace do about it?

7. What does Grace say is in the governor’s wife’s scrapbook and what does Grace say about some of it?

8. What does Grace say she started doing in the asylum and what was the result of these actions?

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

10. Who comes to Grace’s cell, why and how does he reassure her?

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