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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Daniel's first reaction to learning about Lydia?
(a) He is confused because he is so honest and naive.
(b) He threatens to kill anyone who mentions her name.
(c) He is furiously angry.
(d) He does not believe it.

2. Who visits Gwendolyn after Grandcourt drowns?
(a) The Reverend Gascoigne and Mrs. Davilow.
(b) Mirah.
(c) Catherine Arrowpoint.
(d) Mordecai.

3. What does Mirah realize about Mordecai when she first sees him?
(a) That he is not a man to be trusted.
(b) That he in fact is not her brother.
(c) That he is ill.
(d) That he is a man who once robbed her on the subway.

4. What led Daniel's mother to marry the man who is now her husband?
(a) Her fear that something was wrong with her voice.
(b) Love.
(c) Infatuation.
(d) A fortuneteller's advice.

5. Who does Gwendolyn want to connect with while at the Abbey?
(a) Grandcourt.
(b) Anna.
(c) Sir Hugo.
(d) Daniel.

6. What specific advice does Grandcourt give Gwendolyn while at the Abbey?
(a) That she must "act more like a woman".
(b) That she will "fill her place properly".
(c) That she is "too beautiful to exist on Earth".
(d) That the ideas in her head "must be swept away, like dust under a rug".

7. What is the name of Mordecai's sister who is taken?
(a) Ezra.
(b) Mirah.
(c) Gwendolyn.
(d) Anna.

8. Whom does Hans confess to have fallen in love with to Daniel?
(a) Anna.
(b) Gwendolyn.
(c) Mirah.
(d) Lydia.

9. What is the purpose that Mirah's father claims to want money the first time that he asks her to aid him financially?
(a) To buy some good food.
(b) To go some place where he can clean up and look presentable.
(c) To buy some decent clothes before reuniting with his son.
(d) To buy her the necklace that he pawned years earlier.

10. What does Daniel's mother claim to be in the letter that she writes to him?
(a) A queen.
(b) A princess.
(c) A very famous dancer.
(d) A famous soap opera actress.

11. What does Daniel plan to do once he realizes that he has found Mirah's lost family?
(a) Make sure that they do not find each other; it would upset everyone involved.
(b) Publish the story of his journey in the local paper.
(c) Blackmail them so that he can get some money out of the situation.
(d) Help them live together.

12. How does Gwendolyn explain her reaction to receiving the package from Lydia?
(a) She was suffering with influenza.
(b) She was just stressed out.
(c) She was having a coughing fit.
(d) She was upset by something that she had read in her romance novel.

13. How do Mordecai and Mirah react when they first see each other?
(a) They have no recollection of each other whatsoever.
(b) They pretend to be happy, but are really upset with Daniel.
(c) They reconnect right away.
(d) They remember how much they hated each other.

14. What valuable family item does Mirah's father steal from Daniel?
(a) A large ring.
(b) The family chest.
(c) A very expensive clock.
(d) The family crest.

15. How is Mordecai notified that his father has taken his little sister away?
(a) By a letter from his father.
(b) By a letter from his mother.
(c) By a letter from his sister.
(d) In person by Mrs. Davilow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Daniel find a place for Mordecai to live?

2. Where does Herr invite Mirah to sing?

3. Who does Daniel plan to ask about Mirah's mother?

4. Why does Hans stay with Daniel instead of his own mother during a visit?

5. What did Sir Hugo promise to do with Daniel when Daniel's mother gave Daniel to him?

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