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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. Who digs the Baron's grave?
(a) Wladek.
(b) Florentyna.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Two servants.

2. How many suicide letters did the person who jumped leave behind?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) None.
(d) 5.

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

4. At which school holiday does Wladek learn he is not a natural brother to his siblings?
(a) Summer.
(b) Easter.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Spring break.

5. To whom does the Baron will his kingdom?
(a) Leon.
(b) Wladek.
(c) Florentyna.
(d) Chas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does the family receive after Wladek's christening?

2. Who takes care of baby Wladek?

3. How does William meet the love he encounters in Chapter 15?

4. What do Abel and his wife do immediately upon getting married?

5. Who is the first person to seduce William?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Abel make his way to Chicago from New York?

2. How does Wladek acquire his limp?

3. What does Anne receive of the family fortune when Richard dies?

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

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

6. How does William meet Kate?

7. Discuss William's finances and financial goals set during his junior year in college.

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

9. Describe William Kane's birth.

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

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