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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Grandcourt make fun of to Gwendolyn?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her younger siblings.
(c) Her cousins.
(d) Her uncle's family.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Hans have a drawing of Rex with him when he visits Daniel?
(a) Because he found it on the front step when he came to visit.
(b) Because he is trying to find the man in the picture.
(c) Because he drew it.
(d) Because he bought it at a bazaar.

8. What does Mrs. Meyrick advise Mirah to do when she thinks that she has seen her father?
(a) All of the answer choices are correct.
(b) Not to go anywhere with him unless she tells Mordecai in advance.
(c) Not to talk to him.
(d) Not to give him any money.

9. What is Daniel's mother's full name?
(a) Shoshanna Lynn MacGuire.
(b) Lenora Halm Eberstein.
(c) Annabelle Miriam Shirenstein.
(d) Rachel Anne Lipson.

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

11. 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) The type that deal with housekeeping.
(d) Romantic type.

12. How does Mrs. Davilow react to Gwendolyn's increasing need for her after Grandcourt drowns?
(a) She hopes that it passes and that it is just a symptom of her grief.
(b) She is pleased with it.
(c) She considers it to be highly annoying.
(d) She finds it to be a normal psychological need.

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

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

15. How does Daniel tell Mordecai and Mirah that he is going to see his mother?
(a) In person, over dinner.
(b) He does not tell them.
(c) In a long conversation in their living room.
(d) In a letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who informs Rex and Anne that Grandcourt has drowned?

2. Who does Mrs. Meyrick report as being happier since Hans' arrival?

3. What are Daniel and Sir Hugo upset about following Grandcourt's death?

4. Who owned the chest that Daniel is now inheriting?

5. Who does Daniel request help from in opening and translating the chest?

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