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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. Why is Dr. Jordan becoming disorganized and disoriented at home?
(a) Mrs. Humphreys does not clean his room at all.
(b) Mrs. Humphreys is in his room too much.
(c) Mrs. Humphreys cleans his room too well.
(d) He is not becoming disorganized or disoriented.

2. What does McDermott say should be done to Kinnear and Nancy when McDermott is drunk?
(a) Someone should poison their food.
(b) They should have their gold stolen.
(c) The house should be burned down around them.
(d) They should be knocked over the head and thrown in the cellar.

3. In what kind of clothes was Mary Whitney buried?
(a) Her Sunday dress.
(b) Her maid uniform.
(c) Her best nightgown.
(d) A black dress.

4. Why does Lydia tell Grace she hopes Grace never gets out of prison?
(a) Because Grace is insane.
(b) Lydia does not say anything about Grace getting out of prison.
(c) Because Grace killed another woman.
(d) So Grace will always be working there.

5. What does Dr. Jordan fantasize about on the train ride back to Kingston?
(a) Running away to Europe.
(b) Marrying Grace.
(c) Grace and Mary Whitney playing.
(d) Grace as an older woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grace say about her relationship with McDermott?

2. What does Grace say Nancy told her the day of the murders?

3. What does Grace say to McDermott when he says he is going to kill Nancy in bed at the beginning of Chapter 9?

4. What does Kenneth’s law firm tell him about arguing Grace and McDermott’s trial?

5. What religion is James McDermott?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Grace’s response to McDermott’s assertion about Nancy’s death?

2. What does Grace plan to do when McDermott and she arrive in Lewiston and what changes her plan?

3. What happens when McDermott threatens Grace with a gun?

4. What does Nancy say about her situation when she offers Grace a job?

5. What does Nancy tell McDermott when she is tired of his attitude and what does McDermott then tell Grace?

6. What does McDermott say to Grace when he comes in her room after she wakes?

7. What does Grace tell Dr. Jordan about her birthday and what does Jeremiah ask her a few days after her birthday?

8. What does Rev. Verringer suggest Dr. Jordan talk about with the Tuesday Circle and why does Verringer suggest this?

9. How does Jeremiah get Grace away from the implement dealer?

10. What does Dr. Jordan decide to do about Mrs. Humphreys and what does he decide to do after that?

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