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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 request after speaking to Lydia Glasher for the first time?
(a) To have a private investigator follow Glasher to see what she is really doing.
(b) To leave the archery event early.
(c) To be taken to a doctor.
(d) To have the woman arrested.

2. Where does Gwendolyn's family move when she returns from her gambling trip?
(a) Leubronn.
(b) Offendene.
(c) Paris.
(d) Brussels.

3. What does Daniel give Mrs. Meyrick for Mirah?
(a) A book to read.
(b) A locket.
(c) Money for her food and lodging.
(d) The use of his nice big house.

4. What does Gwendolyn's uncle think of the waltz?
(a) That it is quite beautiful, but only when done properly.
(b) That it is too risque for the young people to be doing.
(c) He is not sure what to think of it, since he has never seen it before.
(d) That it is overly showy.

5. Who does Mrs. Davilow think is likely to be Daniels' father?
(a) A famous prince.
(b) The mayor.
(c) Sir Hugo.
(d) The Reverend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the reader learn raised Grandcourt like a son?

2. Where does Gwendolyn tell her mother that she is going the day after she meets Lydia Glasher?

3. What does Gwendolyn tell Herr Klesmer that she wants to do in order to earn money for her family?

4. How does Gwendolyn react to Grandcourt's offer to put her jacket on her after the ball?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gwendolyn feel about Grandcourt after the ball?

2. How does Lydia react when Grandcourt asks her to return his diamonds?

3. Why does Gwendolyn react coldly when Grandcourt tells her that he is going out of town shortly after their engagement?

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

5. What does the letter that Gwendolyn receives on the night she gambles say?

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

7. How does Mrs. Davilow respond to Gwendolyn's question about illegitimate children?

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

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

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

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