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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is engaged to Mr. Holmes?
(a) Miss Hall.
(b) Miss Herne.
(c) Margret.
(d) Lois.

2. How can Margret's work be best described?
(a) Tedious.
(b) Stimulating.
(c) Energizing.
(d) Political.

3. What does Margret make particular note of regarding the ledger?
(a) The paper stock.
(b) The ink color.
(c) The meticulous writing.
(d) The leather binding.

4. What does Margret hope people will know from her story?
(a) How smart she was.
(b) The anguish of the time in which she lived.
(c) How wonderful her parents were.
(d) The excitement of war.

5. How does Margret get to her office?
(a) An elevator.
(b) An escalator.
(c) A steep ladder.
(d) A winding staircase.

6. Which of the following does NOT characterize Margret's world?
(a) Hopelessness.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Joyfulness.

7. What kind of dog does Margret have?
(a) German Shepherd.
(b) Terrier.
(c) Poodle.
(d) Labrador Retriever.

8. Where does Mr. Holmes live?
(a) In a boarding house.
(b) In a room at the mill.
(c) In a farmhouse.
(d) In a rowhouse.

9. Who set up Lois in her business?
(a) Dr. Knowles.
(b) Mrs. Howth.
(c) Mr. Howth.
(d) Mr. Holmes.

10. What is the name of Margret's long lost dog?
(a) Sam.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Rex.
(d) Chuckie.

11. Margret shares office space with ____________.
(a) Dr. Knowles.
(b) A pool of women.
(c) One other girl.
(d) A chicken.

12. In what time period does the book take place?
(a) 1880s.
(b) 1860s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1920s.

13. What noise startles Margret as she stands outside?
(a) A scream.
(b) Thunder.
(c) A gunshot.
(d) The yapping of a dog.

14. What keeps Joe from interacting with the people he sees on the street?
(a) His criminal record.
(b) His lack of money.
(c) His alcoholism.
(d) His shyness.

15. What is Mr. Holmes aware of as he sits in his room?
(a) Margaret is in an office on the floor beneath him.
(b) How quiet the mill is at night.
(c) His labored breathing.
(d) The sound of a nearby train.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margret marvel at on her way to work?

2. Of whom does Tiger remind Margret?

3. Why is the money from the mill such a powerful lure for Mr. Holmes?

4. Which of the following does Mrs. Howth NOT ask Joel to prepare for Lois?

5. Which of the following does NOT describe the conditions in the mill where Lois Yare worked as a child?

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