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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. Where does Grace say it was that she stopped sharing her thoughts?
(a) When working at Kinnear’s house.
(b) At the asylum.
(c) At the prison.
(d) At home when she was a young child.

2. What does McDermott do first to Nancy according to the poem?
(a) Put a knife through her heart.
(b) Strike her on the head with an axe.
(c) Throw her in the cellar.
(d) Break her neck.

3. Where does Grace work at the prison?
(a) In the governor’s home.
(b) In the sewing center.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the laundry.

4. What does the penitentiary consider to be the only remedy for the criminals there?
(a) Keeping them isolated.
(b) Thrashing and religion.
(c) Good nutrition and the Bible.
(d) Bad food and a lot of work.

5. What pattern would Grace use if she made a quilt for herself?
(a) Four Points.
(b) Basket of Lilies.
(c) Bear’s Paw.
(d) Tree of Paradise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Grace think it is bad when a doctor is around?

2. What does Mary think Grace should do instead of being a servant?

3. Where does Simon Jordan sneak in his house when he is a boy?

4. What does Dr. Jordan bring Grace?

5. What does Grace think of the stories written about her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What first happens when a doctor comes into the parlor at the governor’s house and why does it happen?

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

6. What is bothering Jordan in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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

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