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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of work does Hans do as an adult?

2. Why does Mirah dress in her poorest dress as she prepares to meet her brother?

3. Not counting Daniel, how many children does Daniel's mother now have?

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

5. Who does Gwendolyn want to connect with while at the Abbey?

Short Essay Questions

1. Before she confides in him, what does Daniel surmise about Gwendolyn's knowledge of Lydia?

2. What does Daniel tell his mother when he first sees her?

3. What does Grandcourt tell Gwendolyn about finances?

4. What does Mordecai say about the Mrs. Cohen's older daughter when Daniel first asks about her?

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

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

7. Why does Gwendolyn keep up public appearances that her marriage is a happy one?

8. How does Daniel's mother misrepresent Daniel's identity to her servants?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Select a character from the list below. Then examine three major choices that the character made in the play, and what those choices reveal to the reader about that him or her.

1) Gwendolyn

2) Daniel

3) Rex

4) Grandcourt

Essay Topic 2

Using supporting text from the book, write an essay discussing whether Gwendolyn should have married Grandcourt.

Essay Topic 3

Using specific text throughout your essay, compare and contrast the characters of Anna and Gwendolyn.

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