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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 Nancy say she will give Grace if Grace will not kill her, according to the poem?
(a) A horse and money to leave.
(b) A purse of gold.
(c) Three dresses.
(d) Nancy will leave and Grace can have Kinnear.

2. Who first comes to the door after the murders?
(a) Two boys looking for work.
(b) The neighbor.
(c) The pastor of the church.
(d) A peddler.

3. What does Mary Whitney say about her grandmother?
(a) Her grandmother was an Indian.
(b) Her grandmother was very wealthy.
(c) Her grandmother could ride any horse.
(d) Her grandmother died the night Mary was born.

4. What book does the governor’s wife have that tells of fashion in the United States?
(a) Blackwell’s Dresses and Accessories.
(b) The Ladies Home Journal.
(c) The Fashion and Style Display Art.
(d) Godey’s Ladies’ Books.

5. How much does Grace tell Jordan about her dream of the previous night?
(a) All of it.
(b) None of it.
(c) The beginning.
(d) The end.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does McDermott kill Kinnear?

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

3. What does Dr. Workman tell Dr. Jordan is most important in building an asylum?

4. With whom does Grace’s father find lodging when they arrive in Canada?

5. What kind of gloves would Grace like to have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is bothering Jordan in Chapter 4?

9. How does Jordan describe Grace in his letter at the end of the Chapter?

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

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