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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tony tell his mother when he spies Mr. Hardcastle walking that way?
(a) He tells her to hide and he will stand guard.
(b) He tells her there are a gang of thieves headed their way.
(c) He tells her to go back to the horsepond and wait for him.
(d) He tells her a highwayman is coming and she should hide in the thicket.

2. When Tony hands the letter to his mother, what does Constance do?
(a) She calls Mrs. Hardcastle mother and says she should help her.
(b) She snatches the letter away and pretends to read.
(c) She says that she hears Mr. Hardcastle coming.
(d) She faints.

3. What does Hardcastle say that girls like?
(a) To be put in their place.
(b) To be played with and rumpled a little, too.
(c) To be offered expensive jewels.
(d) To think that they are tormenting a man.

4. When Hardcastle cannot stand any more, what does he do?
(a) He challenges Marlow to a duel.
(b) He gets drunk himself.
(c) He sends for the sheriff.
(d) He orders Marlow to leave his house.

5. What is Tony's problem with the letter?
(a) He cannot read handwriting.
(b) He doesn't read French.
(c) He doesn't have his glasses.
(d) It is too dark in the room.

6. What does Hardcastle tell Kate he plans to do?
(a) Have Diggory watch Marlow's every move.
(b) Send for Sir Charles Marlow to come.
(c) Send Marlow back to his father.
(d) Challenge Marlow to a duel.

7. When Kate arrives, how does her testimony conflict with young Marlow's?
(a) She says that he proposed marriage and she turned him down.
(b) She says that they never met.
(c) She says that he insulted her.
(d) She says that they have met many times.

8. What is Tony's condition when he finally appears?
(a) Angry and covered with straw.
(b) Confused and unhappy.
(c) Weary, booted, and splattered with mud.
(d) Excited and jumping with joy.

9. What keeps Marlow from leaving Liberty Hall?
(a) The horses are not rested enough.
(b) There comes a sudden downpour.
(c) An axle is broken on the carriage.
(d) He is smitten with the barmaid, still not knowing it is Kate.

10. How does Mrs. Hardcastle show her blind love of her son, Tony?
(a) She buys him the latest fashion clothes.
(b) She gives him a fortune.
(c) She says he could charm the birds from the trees.
(d) She orders a painting done of him.

11. What does Mrs. Hardcastle propose to do after she learns the truth about Constance and Hastings?
(a) She plans to take Constance to her Aunt Pedigree in London.
(b) She plans to lock Constance in her room until Hastings leaves.
(c) She plans to call the vicar and have Constance and Tony marry immediately.
(d) She plans to charge Hastings with stealing the jewels.

12. What does Mrs. Hardcastle think when she catches Tony and Constance together?
(a) That they need to be separated.
(b) That they are in love with each other.
(c) That they are playing games with her.
(d) That they are only after the jewels.

13. When Hardcastle runs into Marlow, why is he upset?
(a) Marlows servants are causing fights in the servants' quarters.
(b) Marlow has not paid his room rent.
(c) Marlow's servants are getting drunk in Hardcastle's wine cellar.
(d) Marlow's servants are chasing Hardcastle's servant girls.

14. How does Kate as the barmaid rebuff Marlow.
(a) By saying she will scream if he tries to touch her.
(b) By telling him she hears the servant bell ringing for her.
(c) By saying that she sees Miss Hardcastle coming.
(d) By telling him how she thinks he acted with Miss Hardcastle exactly like it happened.

15. How does Mrs. Hardcastle react to Tony's flippant attitude toward her?
(a) She storms out of the room.
(b) She slaps him.
(c) She falls into his arms crying.
(d) She calls him a blockhead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Hastings explain the problem of giving the jewels to Mrs. Hardcastle?

2. What information does Hastings' servant give him?

3. What does Marlow say that Kate overhears?

4. What does Jeremy, Marlow's servant, verify?

5. What has Tony done with his mother and Constance?

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