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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 does Horace Borrodaile speak about in his monologues on board the ship?
(a) Politics, hunting, and taxes.
(b) The articles he has published.
(c) The state of his farmland.
(d) His factory receipts.

2. What does Lucinda think of Mr. Borradaile?
(a) He is admirable.
(b) He is attractive to her.
(c) He is too silent.
(d) He is a barbarian.

3. Why does Mr. Jeffris hire a trumpeter?
(a) To lead his expedition to glory.
(b) To wake him in the morning.
(c) It is his favorite instrument.
(d) He is starting a jazz band.

4. What does Lucinda realize has hurt Dennis' reputation and career?
(a) Her association with him.
(b) An affair with one of his parishioners.
(c) A mysterious death in his house.
(d) Teaching.

5. Who offers Oscar a job as a clerk?
(a) Mr. Ahearn.
(b) Dennis.
(c) Mr. Phelps.
(d) Mr. d'Abbs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Judd?

2. When Lucinda and Oscar visit the glassworks factory, what do the men do?

3. When Lucinda is talking with Dennis in Chapter 62, what does she take on and off?

4. What does Mrs. Smith call the deep wounds on the back of Oscar's hands?

5. What does Lucinda call Mr. Ahearn when he visits that makes him blush?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Horace Borrodaile and Percy Smith try to get Oscar to walk on the open deck?

2. How does Lucinda help Oscar get a job?

3. Does Lucinda consider Oscar as a potential husband?

4. How does Oscar react to seeing Lucinda's prototype for a glass building?

5. Why does Percy Smith give Oscar laudanum on the journey?

6. How does Lucinda grow comfortable around Oscar and begin to admire him again?

7. What happens when Lucinda goes to gamble at the Chinese establishment on George Street?

8. Why is Lucinda angry that Mr. Phelps invited her and Oscar for a tour of the factory?

9. How does Mr. Jeffris show his love of power as he prepares for the expedition?

10. Does Oscar believe he can withstand anything for Lucinda's love?

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