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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What club does Gwendolyn join with Reverend Gascoigne?
(a) A singing club.
(b) A chess club.
(c) A reading club.
(d) An archery club.

2. How does Herr Klesmer respond when he hears Gwendolyn perform?
(a) He is condescending.
(b) He is amazed at her talents.
(c) He proposes to her on the spot.
(d) He has to leave because he is so embarrassed for her.

3. How does Gwendolyn's mother feel about the possibility of Gwendolyn marrying Grandcourt?
(a) That it is a horrible mistake.
(b) That Grandcourt is making a mistake, even though it would be good for Gwendolyn.
(c) That he will make Gwendolyn as happy as any other man whom she is likely to marry.
(d) That Gwendolyn should refuse him on principle so that he asks again and offers the family more money.

4. What information does Lush discover about Gwendolyn's family while Grandcourt remains in Paris?
(a) That they are fleeing from Grandcourt.
(b) That they are planning to kidnap and possibly kill Lush.
(c) That they are very, very wealthy.
(d) That they are facing financial ruin.

5. What worry does Mrs. Gascoigne have about Gwendolyn when she first comes to town?
(a) That one of her sons will fall in love with her.
(b) That she is not who she says she is.
(c) That she will not be able to marry well.
(d) That she will steal from them.

6. Where is Grandcourt first sent away to school?
(a) Eton.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Harvard.

7. What does Grandcourt tell Gwendolyn upon arriving home after being married?
(a) That he is "more in love than he'd thought he ever would be".
(b) That she must begin conducting herself with more dignity.
(c) That she is now "his wife in love and life".
(d) That her "life begins anew again".

8. What animal does Gwendolyn want that Reverend Gascoigne cannot buy for his own daughter?
(a) A horse.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A kitten.
(d) A puppy.

9. What does Gwendolyn think that she must do if she is going to win spectacularly?
(a) Pay money to a fortune teller.
(b) Pray harder and longer at night.
(c) Also lose spectacularly.
(d) Pretend to faint so that she can leave without paying.

10. How does Gwendolyn sell her necklace the morning that she leaves the gambling town?
(a) She sells it to a girl on the street.
(b) She sells it to a man on the street.
(c) She sells it to the gambling house.
(d) She sells it to a pawn shop.

11. How does Gwendolyn react to the confession by Rex that he loves her?
(a) She is silent because she is not sure how to react.
(b) She tells him that she is already engaged.
(c) She asks him to stop.
(d) She faints.

12. How does Gwendolyn perceive Daniel for the first time?
(a) As cruel and very loud.
(b) As a kind and humble man.
(c) As an unfriendly stranger.
(d) As a warm, old friend.

13. What relationship does Ezra first claim to have with Mordecai?
(a) He claims that Mordecai is a former employee.
(b) He claims that Mordecai is a long-lost uncle.
(c) He claims not to know Mordecai at all.
(d) He claims that he found Mordecai homeless on the street one day, and decided to take him in.

14. How does Gwendolyn first feel about the idea of a proposal that is expected to come from Grandcourt?
(a) She is acting uninterested, but really feels like an excited little girl.
(b) She can hardly contain herself, she is so excited.
(c) She wants to say yes, but cannott bring herself to make that decision.
(d) She hopes that he does not ask so that she doesn't have to refuse him.

15. Why does Gwendolyn have to leave the city and the gambling so suddenly?
(a) She is indebted to a lot of people.
(b) The train only leaves once a month, and she has to be on it.
(c) She is on the lam, and the police are after her.
(d) She receives a letter from her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mordecai ask Daniel when they first meet one another?

2. Who is Rex?

3. How quickly does Grandcourt want to get married to Gwendolyn once she accepts his proposal?

4. How much time passes between the time that Grandcourt tells Mr. Lush that he would like to marry Gwendolyn and the time that he goes to her house to announce his intentions?

5. Why does Gwendolyn say that she cannot dance with Grandcourt at the ball?

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