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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Margret NOT see in the abandoned tavern?
(a) Drunks.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Orphans.
(d) Tramps.

2. How long has it been since Mr. Holmes and Margret broke their engagement?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 months.

3. What type of institution does Dr. Knowles plan to open?
(a) AIDS clinic.
(b) Hospice.
(c) Research center.
(d) Socialist healing.

4. When does Mr. Holmes promise to return?
(a) New Year's Day.
(b) The day after Christmas.
(c) New Year's Eve.
(d) Christmas Day.

5. What is Lois doing at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Unhitching her horse from the wagon.
(b) Loading her wagon with produce.
(c) Counting her day's profits.
(d) Heading back to town in her wagon.

6. Dr. Knowles capitalizes on Margret's ____________________.
(a) Need to feel needed.
(b) Organizational skills.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Creativity.

7. What does Joe beg Mr. Holmes not to do?
(a) Fire him.
(b) Reveal his past crime.
(c) Buy the mill.
(d) Fire Lois.

8. Who does Lois see in an approaching carriage?
(a) Miss Herne.
(b) Mr. Holmes.
(c) Dr. Knowles.
(d) Mr. Howth.

9. Where does Dr. Knowles lead Margret on the way home?
(a) To an abandoned tavern.
(b) To his commune site.
(c) To the railroad tracks.
(d) To his new home.

10. What topic of conversation does Margret veer away from?
(a) The family's poverty.
(b) Miss Herne.
(c) Her former engagement to Mr. Holmes.
(d) Her father's blindness.

11. What deadline does Mr. Holmes give himself to be better?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) Christmas Day.
(c) New Year's Day.
(d) New Year's Eve.

12. Where is Margret when Mr. Holmes finds her?
(a) Sitting against a stone wall.
(b) Walking slowly toward home.
(c) Lying underneath a tree.
(d) Asleep in a meadow.

13. Who does Lois save from the fire at the mill?
(a) Dr. Knowles.
(b) Joe.
(c) Mr. Herne.
(d) Mr. Holmes.

14. What does Margret not realize about Mr. Holmes?
(a) He is no longer engaged to Miss Herne.
(b) He has come into a small fortune.
(c) He has lost a leg in the fire.
(d) He has much scarring on his body.

15. What force seems to drive Mr. Holmes?
(a) Love.
(b) Greed.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Compassion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who follows Margret as she walks home on Christmas Eve?

2. Dr. Knowles knows that Margret is capable of _______________.

3. Who stays by Mr. Holmes' bedside continually during his recuperation?

4. When does Mr. Holmes leave the Howth house?

5. What is the tavern used for by some Negroes?

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