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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) To buy her the necklace that he pawned years earlier.
(b) To buy some decent clothes before reuniting with his son.
(c) To go some place where he can clean up and look presentable.
(d) To buy some good food.

2. How does Mordecai react to Daniel's kindness upon finding him a place to live?
(a) He never accepts it because he dies from shock.
(b) He refuses to accept it because it is not nice enough.
(c) He refuses to accept it because he is too proud.
(d) He accepts it.

3. 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 hates him.
(c) That she is having an affair.
(d) That she is very happy.

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

5. Where does Grandcourt want Gwendolyn's family to live?
(a) Down the street.
(b) At the Grandcourt estate.
(c) Far away.
(d) At another estate that he owns in London.

6. What does Daniel come to think about Lydia?
(a) He believes that she is going to die soon anyway, so he should just stop worrying about her.
(b) He believes that she should be sent far away.
(c) He believes that she is a greedy blackmailer.
(d) He believes that the situation might be true.

7. Who gives Daniel the letter from his mother?
(a) Mirah.
(b) The mailman.
(c) Sir Hugo.
(d) A messenger.

8. Who is Joseph Kalonymos?
(a) Joseph Kalonymos is actually not a character in this novel.
(b) A friend of Daniel's grandfather.
(c) Daniel's new stepfather.
(d) The messenger who informs Daniel that his mother is ready to meet with him.

9. 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) Infatuation.
(c) A fortuneteller's advice.
(d) Love.

10. What kind remark does Gwendolyn make to Daniel before she leaves the Abbey?
(a) That she is going to name her baby after him.
(b) That her life has been better for having known him.
(c) That she wishes her husband were more like him.
(d) That she hopes he has a happy, joyful, and rich life.

11. Who tells Daniel that his mother wants to meet him?
(a) Gwendolyn.
(b) Grandcourt.
(c) Sir Hugo.
(d) Mordecai.

12. Who tells Reverend Gascoigne the truth about Grandcourt's will?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Gwendolyn.
(c) Sir Hugo.
(d) The lawyer.

13. 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.

14. Who is also in the room when Mordecai tells his life story to Daniel?
(a) A reporter who is chronicling their story.
(b) Mirah.
(c) Gwendolyn, although no one knows that she is there.
(d) No one.

15. How does Eliot make it clear that Rex has gotten over Gwendolyn?
(a) Eliot states that Rex is happily married to someone else.
(b) Eliot claims that Rex is now throwing himself into his studies.
(c) Rex simply tells Gwendolyn that he is no longer in love with her.
(d) He does not. Rex has really never stopped loving Gwedolyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Daniel learn about Lydia?

2. How does Gwendolyn explain her reaction to receiving the package from Lydia?

3. Who tells the Cohen family that Mordecai's missing family has been found?

4. What specific advice does Grandcourt give Gwendolyn while at the Abbey?

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

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