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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 Grace say to McDermott when he says he is going to kill Nancy in bed at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Wake me up before you do.
(b) Why don’t you just leave and start another life somewhere else?
(c) Don’t do that, you might hit me as I am sleeping with her.
(d) It will get the bed messy

2. What is Jeremiah/Dr. Dupont doing at the end of the book?
(a) He is teaching at a university in America.
(b) He is a showman in a circus.
(c) He is back to being a peddler.
(d) Working in a hospital, hypnotizing people to help with pain control.

3. Why does Annie Little pinch Grace at breakfast?
(a) She is trying to make Grace scream and get in trouble.
(b) Grace pinched her first.
(c) She does not pinch Grace.
(d) She likes her.

4. Where is Grace’s bedroom located at the Kinnear house?
(a) Off the winter kitchen.
(b) On the second floor.
(c) In the attic.
(d) Off the summer kitchen.

5. Why is Mrs. Humphreys crying when Dr. Jordan returns from Grace’s hypnotism?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) Her husband has been killed.
(c) The bank is foreclosing on her house.
(d) Her husband is returning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does one of Grace’s jailers say he hopes the hanging scaffold is high?

2. What does Grace tell Dr. Jordan about her dream in the beginning of Chapter 8?

3. Why is Grace depressed on her birthday in Chapter 8?

4. Why does Nancy suggest she and Grace sleep in Mr. Kinnear’s bedroom?

5. What does Kenneth think, in retrospect, about Grace wearing Nancy’s clothing at the trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Grace say about Nancy Montgomery’s appearance when Grace meets Nancy?

2. What does Dr. Jordan say McDermott said about the murders and what is Grace’s response?

3. What does Grace say is how Kinnear gets killed?

4. What does Grace tell Dr. Jordan that McDermott told her and what does she offer as a reason she had not told Nancy?

5. Where does Nancy ask Grace to go with her and what does she lend her for the occasion?

6. What does Dr. Dupont do with Grace and what does Grace say when Dr. Jordan asks her if she had sex with McDermott?

7. What does Grace’s lawyer tell Dr. Jordan and what conclusion does Dr. Jordan come to after visiting the Kinnear house and graves?

8. Where does Dr. Jordan travel after hearing the end of Grace’s story and what does he do there?

9. Why is Grace worried about coming to the end of her story?

10. Why is Dr. Jordan upset when he leaves the governor’s house at the beginning of Chapter 7?

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