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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. 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 faints.
(d) She says that she hears Mr. Hardcastle coming.

2. How does Hardcastle give Marlow a hard time?
(a) Saying that Sir Charles has already committed him to marry Kate.
(b) Insisting that he pay for the wine his servants drank.
(c) Suggesting he has been flirting with the barmaid.
(d) Insisting that he knows what has passed between him and Kate.

3. What does the maid question about Kate's plan?
(a) Whether Marlow will stay in the house.
(b) Whether Constance will go along with the sceme.
(c) Whether Kate can get her father to agree to her plan.
(d) Whether she can act the part of a barmaid.

4. Why is Marlow so sure that Kate will surrender herself to him?
(a) Her eyes tell him that she is interested in him.
(b) She is toying with him by not allowing him to kiss her.
(c) She invited him up to see her embroidery which he takes as a sexual meaning.
(d) She sent him a note to meet her later.

5. Where does Tony tell his mother that they are located?
(a) Just on the outskirts of London but they need help.
(b) He tells her he has no idea where they are because things happened so fast.
(c) About twenty miles from their house where the road made a hard turn they had missed.
(d) About forty miles from home in a dangerous place for robbers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marlow tell Kate the barmaid his name is?

2. Who tells Kate that Marlow thinks the house is an inn?

3. What does Marlow now fear?

4. What subterfuge do Constance and Tony carry out when Mrs. Hardcastle is in the room?

5. After Marlow runs from the room, how does Hardcastle confront his daughter.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Hardcastle react when she reads the real note?

2. What happens between Marlow and Kate the next time they are alone?

3. Does Mr. Hardcastle think Kate is right about young Marlow? How does he respond to Kate's request for more time to prove to him that Marlow is a proper gentleman.

4. How does Kate discover the misunderstanding that has been going on in the house?

5. What transpires between Mr. Hardcastle and Tony in the dark?

6. What immediate plans do Hastings and Constance make after he tells her Tony has given him the jewels?

7. What is the act Tony and Constance put on for Mrs. Hardcastle's benefit?

8. How does Hardcastle respond to Kate's hope that he will forgive Marlow?

9. When Marlow speaks again to Kate, how does he behave?

10. How does Mrs. Hardcastle make an appearance in the garden.

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