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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Gwendolyn say that she cannot dance with Grandcourt at the ball?
(a) Because her ankle is sore.
(b) Because she does not like him.
(c) Because she is too embarassed to be seen dancing with him.
(d) Because her card is already filled.

2. What does Daniel do upon seeing Gwendolyn for the first time that bothers her so much?
(a) Asks for her hand in marriage.
(b) Tells her that she looks fat in her dress.
(c) Stares at her.
(d) Makes her bow to him.

3. How does Gwendolyn's mother feel about the possibility of Gwendolyn marrying Grandcourt?
(a) That it is a horrible mistake.
(b) That Gwendolyn should refuse him on principle so that he asks again and offers the family more money.
(c) That he will make Gwendolyn as happy as any other man whom she is likely to marry.
(d) That Grandcourt is making a mistake, even though it would be good for Gwendolyn.

4. What is the reason that Mrs. Davilow tells Gwendolyn that they are not going to be traveling or moving abroad?
(a) She is getting too old and feeble.
(b) It is too dangerous to do that with the war going on.
(c) They do not have the money.
(d) She is tired of catering to Gwendolyn's every desire.

5. Why does Herr tell Gwendolyn that she cannot count on Catherine as a patron?
(a) Because she is too jealous of their engagement.
(b) Because her parents have disowned her.
(c) Because Gwendolyn is now too poor for them to associate with her.
(d) Because Catherine has found out about Gwendolyn having gossiped about her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reverend Gascoigne think that Gwendolyn should do if and when Grandcourt proposes?

2. Where is Mirah when she decides to run away from her father?

3. What causes Gwendolyn's winning gambling streak to end when the novel first opens?

4. With whom has Gwendolyn come to the city to gamble?

5. Who arranges housing for Gwendolyn and her family upon her return from her gambling trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Daniel tell Sir Hugo about Grandcourt's reaction to the proposed settlement?

2. What does Mirah believe about her brother and sister when she runs away from her father?

3. What does Mirah come to realize about her father as she gets older?

4. Why does Gwendolyn think that her family will travel abroad after she leaves Grandcourt before he can propose?

5. What does Daniel tell his uncle right after he finds the girl at the river?

6. How does Rex react to Gwendolyn's rebuff of his confession of love?

7. What does Lydia Glasher tell Gwendolyn when they first meet?

8. How does Gwendolyn react when she receives her pawned necklace supposedly from Daniel?

9. What does the letter that Lydia includes in the package with the diamonds that she sends to Gwendolyn say?

10. How does Hans Meyrick's family feel about Daniel?

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