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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. How many siblings does Grace say she has?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

2. 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) That she will tell him where his brother lives.
(c) Blackmail.
(d) That she will be his lover.

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

4. What does Grace say is the reason she can be frank with Jordan?
(a) She will never leave prison.
(b) He is not there to seduce her.
(c) He is a doctor.
(d) She was never a lady and her reputation is shot.

5. Why does the governor’s wife not allow Grace the run of the house in Chapter 4?
(a) It is being renovated.
(b) Grace is a prisoner, not a guest.
(c) She is afraid Grace will have another fit.
(d) She does not want Grace to see Dr. Jordan without supervision.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what newspaper is the clip at the beginning of Chapter 2?

2. At what hotel do McDermott and Grace stop when fleeing Canada?

3. What does Dr. Jordan bring Grace?

4. What year is it at the beginning of Alias Grace?

5. What does Grace’s mother say when she sees three crows on the ship they are taking to Canada?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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