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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Even though they have arrived to his uncle's house earlier in the day, when does Daniel finally see Grandcourt and Gwendolyn?
(a) At a midnight fox hunt.
(b) At a smoking session after dinner.
(c) At dinner.
(d) At a star-gazing session at midnight.

2. What did Daniel's mother do for a living when he was born?
(a) She was a waitress.
(b) She was unemployed and dependent on the kindness of strangers.
(c) She was an actress.
(d) She was a governness.

3. Who is Jacob?
(a) Lydia's illegitimate son.
(b) Daniel's long-lost cousin.
(c) Daniel's younger brother.
(d) The youngster who lives with Mordecai.

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

5. What does Daniel learn about his father?
(a) That he is dead.
(b) That he is very famous.
(c) That Sir Hugo is his father.
(d) That he had 15 other children, all of whom he named Daniel.

6. How did Daniel's mother know Sir Hugo?
(a) She did not know him.
(b) He was her brother.
(c) He was one of her suitors.
(d) He worked for her.

7. Where does Herr Klesmer first hear Mirah sing?
(a) At Grandcourt's estate.
(b) At the Abbey.
(c) At the Meyrick house.
(d) In the town square.

8. Who does Gwendolyn request be sent to her after she and Sir Hugo discuss what Grandcourt has left her in the will?
(a) Lydia.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Mirah.
(d) Grandcourt's illegitimate son.

9. How long does Daniel wait before his mother finally arrives to see him?
(a) Five days.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Only a few hours.

10. What does Gwendolyn tell her mother about her marriage to Grandcourt as time goes on?
(a) That she is very happy.
(b) That she has fallen out of love with him, but that they are still friends.
(c) That she hates him.
(d) That she is having an affair.

11. Where are Rex and Anne when they learn that Grandcourt has drowned?
(a) At the pier.
(b) At Gwendolyn's.
(c) At their Aunt Fanny's.
(d) At the town square hearing the daily news.

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

13. Why did Daniel's mother not want a child?
(a) She would have been outcast.
(b) She was impregnated by way of an affair.
(c) She felt that she was too young to become a mother.
(d) She did not want to be tied down.

14. Who does Daniel plan to ask about Mirah's mother?
(a) Gwendolyn.
(b) Mirah herself.
(c) Mrs. Cohen herself.
(d) Anna.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon whose request does Sir Hugo keep Daniel's parentage a secret?

2. How does Daniel tell Mordecai and Mirah that he is going to see his mother?

3. Who does Gwendolyn want to connect with while at the Abbey?

4. What is Daniel's first reaction to learning about Lydia?

5. What type of work does Hans do as an adult?

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