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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. In what kind of manufacturing does Dr. Jordan’s mother wish his to invest?
(a) Sewing machines.
(b) Textile mills.
(c) Ships.
(d) Hot air balloons.

2. Under what name does Grace register at the hotel?
(a) Grace Newman.
(b) Mary Whitney.
(c) Nancy Montgomery.
(d) Mary Kinnear.

3. What position did James McDermott hold at the Kinnear home?
(a) Butler.
(b) Field laborer.
(c) Stable hand.
(d) Gardener.

4. What does Grace do when she meets the doctor?
(a) Faints.
(b) Runs from the room.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Slaps him in the face.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Grace at the beginning of Alias Grace?

2. What is the first thing Mary has Grace do in order to make her presentable at her new job?

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

4. What does Lydia do when Jordan comes to the governor’s home?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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