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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Daniel's mother does arrive, when does she request to see him?
(a) Right away.
(b) Not for another week.
(c) She never requests to see him.
(d) The very next day.

2. What type of arrangements does Grandcourt refuse to discuss with Gwendolyn?
(a) Financial type.
(b) The type that deal with their children since he categorizes that as women's work.
(c) Romantic type.
(d) The type that deal with housekeeping.

3. What religion does Daniel's mother tell him that she believes in?
(a) Buddhist.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Islamic.
(d) Christian.

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

5. Who does Daniel tell about the news of his ethnicity?
(a) Gwendolyn.
(b) The reporter who has been following him around for weeks.
(c) Reverend Gascoigne.
(d) Mordecai.

6. Whom does Daniel end up marrying when the novel concludes?
(a) Gwendolyn.
(b) Anne.
(c) No one.
(d) Mirah.

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

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

9. Why does Hans stay with Daniel instead of his own mother during a visit?
(a) Because Mirah is at his home and it would be improper.
(b) Because he is trying to keep knowledge of his visit with Daniel away from his mother.
(c) Because his mother's house has been damaged by fire.
(d) Because they are best friends and enjoy each other's company.

10. Who does Mrs. Meyrick report as being happier since Hans' arrival?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Gwendolyn.
(c) Mirah.
(d) Herself.

11. Who owned the chest that Daniel is now inheriting?
(a) His father.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His great-grandfather.
(d) His grandfather.

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

13. Who follows Mirah home one day?
(a) Mrs. Davilow.
(b) A reporter.
(c) Her father.
(d) Daniel.

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

15. What are Daniel and Sir Hugo upset about following Grandcourt's death?
(a) The fact that they were not included in the will.
(b) The meager allowance that he left for Gwendolyn.
(c) The way that the press is covering the story.
(d) The fact that he left all of his money to Gwendolyn and left nothing to Lydia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose that Mirah's father claims to want money the first time that he asks her to aid him financially?

2. What does Daniel come to think about Lydia?

3. Who is also in the room when Mordecai tells his life story to Daniel?

4. What is the Abbey?

5. Whom does Grandcourt make fun of to Gwendolyn?

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