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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. When does Anne miscarry?
(a) In her sixteenth week.
(b) When she falls down a flight of stairs.
(c) In her seventh month.
(d) When she learns of her husband's death.

2. Who takes care of baby Wladek?
(a) Jasper.
(b) A queen.
(c) A king.
(d) Helena.

3. Who does Abel assume is his anonymous financial backer?
(a) Maxton.
(b) Kane.
(c) Melody.
(d) Leroy.

4. Who is Abel's "tutor" regarding intimate relations?
(a) His sister.
(b) A preacher.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) His best friend.

5. Who is Wladek's favorite sibling?
(a) Florentyna.
(b) Chas.
(c) Jas.
(d) Florence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who digs the Baron's grave?

2. Who dies while William is in college?

3. What job is Wladek's sister given in the castle?

4. What does the Baron say about Wladek's birth defect?

5. How much money does Wladek have when he ventures to escape?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain young William's luggage scheme.

2. Discuss the board vote when considering William and Simmons for the chairman position at the bank.

3. In addition to his night studies in English, what other tutoring does Abel seek and why?

4. Discuss Davis Leroy's financial difficulties and how they end.

5. When is Wladek christened? How is the christening celebrated?

6. How does Abel use his first job at a hotel to build wealth?

7. How does Wladek acquire his inheritance?

8. Why does Abel have sex with Melanie Leroy shortly after inheriting her father's hotel chain?

9. When does William kick Henry out of the Kane house?

10. Explain how Richard dies and why his wife and child do not also die.

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