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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 Daniel learn about his father?
(a) That he is dead.
(b) That he is very famous.
(c) That he had 15 other children, all of whom he named Daniel.
(d) That Sir Hugo is his father.

2. Who does Daniel request help from in opening and translating the chest?
(a) Gwendolyn.
(b) Mirah.
(c) Sir Hugo.
(d) Mordecai.

3. In a letter to Daniel, who does Hans report to have recently visited his family?
(a) Rex Gascoigne.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Grandcourt.
(d) Mirah.

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

5. What advice does Daniel give to Gwendolyn about being happy?
(a) That she will never be happy in her horrible marriage.
(b) That she must become interested in something other than herself.
(c) That she must learn to become a woman of society.
(d) That she will only find happiness when she finds God.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Hans have a drawing of Rex with him when he visits Daniel?

3. Whom does Daniel end up marrying when the novel concludes?

4. What does Daniel plan to do once he realizes that he has found Mirah's lost family?

5. How is Mordecai notified that his father has taken his little sister away?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Mordecai take Daniel before he tells him his life story?

2. What does Grandcourt suspect about the package of diamonds that Gwendolyn has received?

3. What does Sir Hugo confess to Daniel about his reason for keeping Daniel's parentage in secret for so long?

4. What advice does Daniel give Gwendolyn when she asks what to do if someone has wronged someone else?

5. How did Daniel's mother come to find out about him as an adult?

6. What does Daniel's mother tell him about the family chest?

7. What does Daniel's mother tell him about her heritage?

8. As their marriage sours, what does Grandcourt tell Gwendolyn in relation to Lush dining with them?

9. How do the Cohens react when Daniel and Mordecai tell them that Mordecai will be leaving them to go live with his long-lost sister?

10. Why did Mordecai's mother share a special bonded with his younger sister?

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