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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. What does Gwendolyn plan to do with the money that she gets from her necklace?
(a) Pay off her debts.
(b) Gamble just one more day.
(c) Pay for her trip back home.
(d) Buy fancy new dresses.

2. Which two characters does Daniel come to realize to be living together?
(a) Mordecai and Ezra.
(b) Anna and Gwendolyn.
(c) Anna and Ezra.
(d) Ezra and Mordecai.

3. What does Gwendolyn tell Herr Klesmer that she wants to do in order to earn money for her family?
(a) Become a prostitute.
(b) Finally talk about the money that she has been hiding away.
(c) Go onstage.
(d) Sell all of her jewelry.

4. What does Reverend Gascoigne think that Gwendolyn should do if and when Grandcourt proposes?
(a) Accept the proposal.
(b) Tell him that he must ask for Rev. Gascoigne's permission first.
(c) Turn down the proposal.
(d) Tell him that she needs time to think about it so she that doesn't seem too eager.

5. How does Daniel feel about gambling?
(a) He is currently addicted to it, and is heavily in debt.
(b) He used to be addicted to it, so he cannot play anymore.
(c) He does not enjoy it because his win is someone else's loss.
(d) He finds it incredibly boring.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gwendolyn sell her necklace the morning that she leaves the gambling town?

2. From whom does Grandcourt learn where Gwendolyn has actually traveled?

3. What does Gwendolyn think that she must do if she is going to win spectacularly?

4. Why does Gwendolyn end up dancing with Grandcourt at the ball?

5. What does Mrs. Davilow hope that Grandcourt will do when he arrives in town?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mirah Lapidoth introduce herself to Mrs. Meyrick?

2. What does Grandcourt think that he needs to do in order to gain Gwendolyn's forgiveness as he learns that Gwendolyn has left town before he has had the opportunity to propose?

3. In contrast to what she originally believed, what does Mirah quickly learn about her brother and sister when she runs away from her father?

4. What does Mrs. Meyrick believe about Mirah when she takes her in?

5. How does Gwendolyn react when she enters her family's new rented house in Offendene?

6. What happens when Rex tries to go hunting with Gwendolyn?

7. Why does Mrs. Davilow think that Gwendolyn must leave home and get a job?

8. What does Anna think that her life will be like when Rex is first mentioned in the novel?

9. Why is Anna a little disappointed to hear of Gwendolyn's engagement?

10. For what reason does Daniel visit Grandcourt after he becomes engaged?

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