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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 Jordan think Dora might do on purpose?
(a) Dirty his shirts.
(b) Come into his room when he is dressing.
(c) Track mud into his room.
(d) Overcook his eggs.

2. What did they do with McDermott’s head after he was hanged?
(a) Stuck it on a pike outside the jail.
(b) Made a plaster cast of it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Buried it with the body.

3. What does Mary tell Grace is the reason the servants use the back stairs?
(a) So they won't be seen.
(b) Because the rich people need to use the front stairs so they won’t make a nuisance of themselves.
(c) Because the servants can talk amongst themselves without the rich hearing.
(d) Because the back stairs are the shortest way to anywhere and it saves on servants’ legs.

4. Why does the peddler give Grace one button more than she buys?
(a) She had an even number, which is bad luck.
(b) He only had one left so he would not be able to sell it.
(c) He wants her to become a good customer.
(d) He thinks she is attractive.

5. At what hotel do McDermott and Grace stop when fleeing Canada?
(a) Bellington’s.
(b) The Harvest Bell.
(c) The Lewiston Hotel.
(d) The Hyatt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relative in Ireland does Grace try to protect from being related to her?

2. Who is Mrs. Parkinson’s housekeeper to whom Grace is introduced?

3. How does McDermott kill Kinnear?

4. What pattern would Grace use if she made a quilt for herself?

5. What book does the governor’s wife have that tells of fashion in the United States?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the sentencing for Grace and McDermott?

2. What does Grace say about her family in her confession at the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. What does Grace say about her behavior where she is living?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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