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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. What is Mr. Holmes expecting Dr. Knowles to give him?
(a) The deed to the mill.
(b) The keys to the mill.
(c) Some legal books.
(d) The contract for a big deal.

2. With whom does Lois share her room?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her best friend.

3. What book does Margret read?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Great Expectations.
(c) Oliver Twist.
(d) The Odyssey.

4. What does Mr. Holmes think about as he passes Margret's door?
(a) The visions he had had of Margret as his wife.
(b) The mill's profits.
(c) His luncheon appointment.
(d) Miss Herne.

5. What does Margret see coming down the road?
(a) A horse and buggy.
(b) A vendor's wagon.
(c) A riderless horse.
(d) A hay wagon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margret hope people will know from her story?

2. Who is engaged to Mr. Holmes?

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

4. What kind of dog does Margret have?

5. Who is Lois' father?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author establish the bleak setting for the story and its protagonist's purpose for telling it?

2. Explain how the main characters have all resolved their major issues.

3. Where does Dr. Knowles take Margret after he finds her sitting against the stone wall on the roadside?

4. What surprises Margret when she steps outside for a few minutes before going to bed?

5. How doe Margret and Mr. Holmes part company?

6. What new arrangements has Mr. Holmes made for his future regarding the mill and marriage?

7. What is the House of Refuge?

8. What is Margret's demeanor and outlook these days?

9. What are the circumstances in which Lois saves Mr. Holmes?

10. What is the climax of the story as presented in Chapter 6?

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